Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
FRANCIS BACONRead not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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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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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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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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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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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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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
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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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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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