The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
FRANCIS BACONTo suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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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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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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There Are But Two Tragedies in Life-One is One’s Inability to attain One’s Heart’s Desire-The Other Is To Have It!
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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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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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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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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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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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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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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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