Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
FRANCIS BACONThe job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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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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Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
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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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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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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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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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There are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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