Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
FRANCIS BACONHope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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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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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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Knowledge itself is power.
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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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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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There are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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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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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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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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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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