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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man

Francis Bacon

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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Age Best Burn Deep Friendship Old Philosophy Trust Wine
The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
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Deep Greatness People Philosophy Speak Think
Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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Command Nature One Liner
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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Believe Philosophy Reading Talk
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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Book Creation God Himself Religious Writing
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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Beginning Forever Hands Live Melt Moment Stars
The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
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One Liner Power Survive
For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
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Company Love Philosophy Talk
Knowledge itself is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power Strength
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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Deep Imagination Man Philosophy
Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
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Good Philosophy
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
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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Deep Evil Himself Innovation Philosophy Time
A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
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Atheist Deep Man Mind Philosophy Religion
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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Book Science
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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One Liner Wisdom

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man

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