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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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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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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The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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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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Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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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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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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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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A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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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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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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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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