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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.

Francis Bacon

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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Deep Imagination Man Philosophy
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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Book Science
To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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Deep Fear Limit One Liner Suffering
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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Deep Die Fate Philosophy Sad
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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Desire Heart Life Philosophy Tragedy
Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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Knowledge One Liner Seed Wonder
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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Habit Life Philosophy
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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Forever Hands Inspirational Live Moment Stars
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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History Man Mathematics Nature Philosophy Poet Wise
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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Company Love Philosophy Talk
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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Bad Food Good Hope One Liner
Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
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Good Philosophy
The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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Deep Greatness People Philosophy Speak Think
Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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Command Nature One Liner
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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Book Creation God Himself Religious Writing
The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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Beautiful Best Expression

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