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Francis Bacon Quotes: Hope is a good breakfast but it is a bad supper.
         

Hope is a good breakfast but it is a bad supper.


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Hope is a good breakfast but it is a bad supper.
         



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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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Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.

Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.



Understanding the materials I work with... gives me a deeper understanding of my place. And it's helped me make sense of the changes that are happening to me as I grow older.

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I'm pretty sure my house in Florida is haunted! He's a nice ghost though.

I'm pretty sure my house in Florida is haunted! He's a nice ghost though.



Fiction is an improvement on life

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It's great to watch someone get the most out of what they can do, whether they're a beautiful performer or just a really gritty performer. It's something to behold.

It's great to watch someone get the most out of what they can do, whether they're a beautiful performer or just a really gritty performer. It's something to behold.



To be completely honest, I didn't know 'Twilight' was a book.

To be completely honest, I didn't know 'Twilight' was a book.



One basic myth is that rich people get wealthy by earning income. But that's not how most get rich. Most of the gains of the rich people since 1945 have been "capital gains".

One basic myth is that rich people get wealthy by earning income. But that's not how most get rich. Most of the gains of the rich people since 1945 have been "capital gains".



No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful or greedy. Unless you let him.

No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful or greedy. Unless you let him.



Our problem in America is not with atheists or the pagans who are consistent with their unbelief, but with believers who are inconsistent with their belief.

Our problem in America is not with atheists or the pagans who are consistent with their unbelief, but with believers who are inconsistent with their belief.



No more like together than is chalke to coles.

No more like together than is chalke to coles.




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