In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
FRANCIS BACONGreat boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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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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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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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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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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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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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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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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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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