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Francis Bacon Quotes: 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.


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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.



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

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



Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.





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Revolution does have to be violent precisely because the Pharaoh won't let you go. If the Pharaoh would let you go, the revolution won't have to be violent.




I would like to say to people, open your eyes and find beauty where you normally don't expect it.

I would like to say to people, open your eyes and find beauty where you normally don't expect it.



You can't possibly be right for everything.

You can't possibly be right for everything.



If you go into acting to make money then you're an idiot. It's my hobby and the fact that I'm doing my hobby for a job is mental.

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Poverty should not be viewed by us as a humiliation and even less so as a position of honour or a fatality.

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My secret is a very simple one: I pray. To pray to Christ is to love him.

My secret is a very simple one: I pray. To pray to Christ is to love him.



I keep showing decade after decade that I am a real performer.

I keep showing decade after decade that I am a real performer.



I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere.

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