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Francis Bacon Quotes: People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.
         

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.


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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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Knowledge without Truth is information without illumination and its all like icing without cake, can be sweet, but it ends up making you sick.



Then the Miller fell off his horse.

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When you're on tour you definitely don't want lots of arguments. It's very important that everybody gets on because you're in close proximity a great deal of the time.

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Whenever I have a bad performance, I look at it as a learning experience.

Whenever I have a bad performance, I look at it as a learning experience.



Two hundred years ago, before the advent of capitalism, a man's social status was fixed from the beginning to the end of his life; he inherited it from his ancestors and it never changed.

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It is a lively spark of nobleness to descend in most favour to one when he is lowest in affliction

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I think deep down I'm spiritual, but there's nothing I practice.

I think deep down I'm spiritual, but there's nothing I practice.



Orangutans teach us that looks are not everything-but warned near it.

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