He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
FRANCIS BACONIf money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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 worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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For friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
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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 best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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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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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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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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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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