For friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
FRANCIS BACONAge appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.
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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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There are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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