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Francis Bacon Quotes

«If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties.»
«It is not what men eat but what they digest that makes them strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; not what we preach but what we practice that makes us Christians.»
«Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.»
«Science is but an image of the truth.»
«Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.»
«Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.»
«The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.»
«Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.»
«People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.»
«Imagination was given man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is.»

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