Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
FRANCIS BACONPhilosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels 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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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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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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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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Knowledge itself is power.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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