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.
FRANCIS BACONA little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
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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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The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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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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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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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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Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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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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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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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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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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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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Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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