Silence is the virtue of fools.
FRANCIS BACONSome books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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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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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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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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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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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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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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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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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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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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