I will never be an old man. To me old age is always 15 years older than I am.
FRANCIS BACONTo suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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Knowledge itself is power.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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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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A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.
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Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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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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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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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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