The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
FRANCIS BACONTruth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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Knowledge itself is power.
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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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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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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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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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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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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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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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The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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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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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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