There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
FRANCIS BACONHope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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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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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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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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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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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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