The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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Knowledge itself is power.
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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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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
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Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand–and melting like a snowflake.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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