The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
FRANCIS BACONThe monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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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!
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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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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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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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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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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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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