Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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I will never be an old man. To me old age is always 15 years older than I am.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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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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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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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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