The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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 only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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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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Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.
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The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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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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Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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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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Knowledge itself is power.
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