They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
FRANCIS BACONGreat boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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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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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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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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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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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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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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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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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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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 two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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