To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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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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I will never be an old man. To me old age is always 15 years older than I am.
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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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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
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A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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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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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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