| Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. |
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- Francis Bacon |
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| 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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- Francis Bacon |
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| It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man's judgment. |
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- Francis Bacon |
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| Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses. |
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- Francis Bacon |
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| By far the best proof is experience. |
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- Francis Bacon |
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| Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. |
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- Francis Bacon |
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| A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. |
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- Francis Bacon |
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| Silence is the virtue of fools. |
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- Francis Bacon |
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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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- Francis Bacon |
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| Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. |
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- Francis Bacon |
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| The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it. |
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- Francis Bacon |
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| A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. |
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- Francis Bacon |
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| Knowledge is power. |
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- Francis Bacon |
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| If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. |
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- Francis Bacon |
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| Money is a good servant but a bad master |
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- Francis Bacon |
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| Money is like muck, not good except it be spread. |
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- Francis Bacon |
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| Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other. |
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- Francis Bacon |
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| Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. |
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- Francis Bacon |
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| Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands. |
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- Francis Bacon |
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| Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. |
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- Francis Bacon |
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