A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
FRANCIS BACONIf money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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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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Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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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 is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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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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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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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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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
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For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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