The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
FRANCIS BACONWonder is the seed of knowledge.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
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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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It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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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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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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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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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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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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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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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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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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