Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
FRANCIS BACONIt is impossible to love and be wise.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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By far the best proof is experience.
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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I will never be an old man. To me old age is always 15 years older than I am.
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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 monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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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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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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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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Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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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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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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