Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.
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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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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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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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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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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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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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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