A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.
FRANCIS BACONMoney is a great servant but a bad master.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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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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Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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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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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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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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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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