Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
FRANCIS BACONPhilosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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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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For friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
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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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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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