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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

Francis Bacon

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
FRANCIS BACON

One Liner Time Truth
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
FRANCIS BACON

Believe Philosophy Reading Talk
Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
FRANCIS BACON

Deep Hard Speak Truth
It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
FRANCIS BACON

Deep Die Fate Philosophy Sad
There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
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Deep Lost Philosophy Success Try
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
FRANCIS BACON

Deep Discover Land Philosophy Sea Think
The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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Beautiful Best Expression
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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Beginning Forever Hands Live Melt Moment Stars
I will never be an old man. To me old age is always 15 years older than I am.
FRANCIS BACON

Age Man Myself Old Philosophy
Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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Hide Nature Overcome
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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Bad Food Good Hope One Liner
The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
FRANCIS BACON

One Liner Power Survive
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
FRANCIS BACON

Man Philosophy Reading Writing
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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Moment Value Writing
Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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Knowledge One Liner Seed Wonder
A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
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Atheist Deep Man Mind Philosophy Religion

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