Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
FRANCIS BACONTo suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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Knowledge itself is power.
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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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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There are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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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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Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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