Knowledge itself is power.
FRANCIS BACONPhilosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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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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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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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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For friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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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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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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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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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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Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.
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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
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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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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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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 remedy is worse than the disease.
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