Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
FRANCIS BACONThe job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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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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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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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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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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There Are But Two Tragedies in Life-One is One’s Inability to attain One’s Heart’s Desire-The Other Is To Have It!
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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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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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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