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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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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For friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
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God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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Knowledge itself is power.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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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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Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
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