Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
FRANCIS BACONThere is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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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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There are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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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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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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Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
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