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Quotes by Sir Francis Bacon

"They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea."
By Sir Francis Bacon
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"Money is like muck, not good except it be spread."
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"There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom"
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"Discretion in speech is more than eloquence."
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"Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god."
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"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion."
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"Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books."
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"The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery."
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"Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable."
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"Silence is the virtue of fools."
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"Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt."
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"Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god."
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"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention."
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"Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man."
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"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."
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"By far the best proof is experience."
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"He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many."
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"I have taken all knowledge to by my province."
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"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties."
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"The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship."
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"Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider."
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"Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study."
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"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."
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"Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home."
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"Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue."
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