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Knowledge itself is power.

Francis Bacon

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
FRANCIS BACON

Believe Philosophy Reading Talk
Silence is the virtue of fools.
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One Liner Silence Virtue
Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.
FRANCIS BACON

Age Best Burn Deep Friendship Old Philosophy Trust Wine
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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Enemy Man Philosophy Revenge
It is impossible to love and be wise.
FRANCIS BACON

Deep Impossible Love One Liner Wise
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
FRANCIS BACON

God Philosophy Solitude
Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
FRANCIS BACON

Deep Hard Speak Truth
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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History Man Mathematics Nature Philosophy Poet Wise
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
FRANCIS BACON

Deep Imagination Man Philosophy
There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
FRANCIS BACON

Beautiful Deep Strange
There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
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Deep Lost Philosophy Success Try
The remedy is worse than the disease.
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One Liner Worst
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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Art Deep Job Mystery One Liner
Money is a great servant but a bad master.
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Greatness Master Money One Liner
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
FRANCIS BACON

Moment Value Writing
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.
FRANCIS BACON

Book Creation God Himself Religious Writing

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