Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.
FRANCIS BACONIt is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.
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God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.
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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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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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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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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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The remedy is worse than the disease.
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Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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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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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
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