Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
FRANCIS BACONBegin 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.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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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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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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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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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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