There are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
FRANCIS BACONThere Are But Two Tragedies in Life-One is One’s Inability to attain One’s Heart’s Desire-The Other Is To Have It!
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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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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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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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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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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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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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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A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
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