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Francis Bacon Quotes: Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
         

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.


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It is impossible to love and to be wise.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.



Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.



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.

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.



If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.



All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.



It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.



Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.



There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.



Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.



Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.





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It's about children cooking themselves, growing themselves. When kids grow it and cook it they eat it.

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