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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!

Francis Bacon

Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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Greatness Master Money One Liner
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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One Liner Wisdom
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
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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Moment Value Writing
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
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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Enemy Man Philosophy Revenge
It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Deep Impossible Love One Liner Wise
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
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
The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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Friendship Solitude True
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
The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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One Liner Power Survive
The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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Deep Greatness People Philosophy Speak Think
Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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Hide Nature Overcome
Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
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Book Eat Taste
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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Believe Philosophy Reading Talk

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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