The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
FRANCIS BACONThere is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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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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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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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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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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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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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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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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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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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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