Upon a given body to generate and superinduce a new nature or new natures is the work and aim of human power. To discover the Form of a given nature, or its true difference, or its causal nature, or fount of its emanation... this is the work and aim of human knowledge.

Francis Bacon

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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.

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Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. by Francis Bacon

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

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It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integ... by Francis Bacon

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

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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.

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It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us 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; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

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The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to memory the one, and pass over the other.

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A little science estranges a man from God; by Francis Bacon

A little science estranges a man from God;

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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true. by Francis Bacon

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must emp... by Francis Bacon

If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted

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The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.

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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.

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Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered... by Francis Bacon

Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.

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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

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The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fear... by Francis Bacon

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.

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

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You cannot teach a child to take care of himself unless you will let him try to take care of himself. He will make mistakes and out of these mistakes will come his wisdom.

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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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Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not... by Francis Bacon

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

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By far the best proof is experience. by Francis Bacon

By far the best proof is experience.

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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

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