A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
FRANCIS BACONFor a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
More Francis Bacon Quotes
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
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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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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
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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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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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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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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 only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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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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I will never be an old man. To me old age is always 15 years older than I am.
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