A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.
FRANCIS BACONIn order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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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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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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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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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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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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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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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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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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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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