I will never be an old man. To me old age is always 15 years older than I am.
FRANCIS BACONKnowledge itself is power.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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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 best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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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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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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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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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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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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The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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