Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
FRANCIS BACONIf we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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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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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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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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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
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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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For friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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