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 BACONNature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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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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Knowledge itself is power.
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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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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There are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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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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Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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