In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
FRANCIS BACONBooks must follow sciences and not sciences books.
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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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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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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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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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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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There Are But Two Tragedies in Life-One is One’s Inability to attain One’s Heart’s Desire-The Other Is To Have It!
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
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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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