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1. "Wonder is the seed of knowledge" ~ Francis Bacon

2. "The general root of superstition : namely, that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass over the other." ~ Francis Bacon

3. "The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses." ~ Francis Bacon

4. "by indignities men come to dignities" ~ Francis Bacon

5. "Ipsa scientia potestas est.Knowledge itself is power." ~ Francis Bacon

6. "To conclude, therefore, let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavor an endless progress or proficience in both; only let men beware that they apply both to charity, and not to swelling; to use, and not to ostentation; and again, that they do not unwisely mingle or confound these learnings together." ~ Francis Bacon

7. "It is a poore Center of a Mans Actions, Himselfe." ~ Francis Bacon

8. "For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure in itself." ~ Francis Bacon

9. "Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study." ~ Francis Bacon

10. "Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention." ~ Francis Bacon

11. "The only really interesting thing iswhat happens between two people in a room." ~ Francis Bacon

12. "Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is." ~ Francis Bacon

13. "A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion." ~ Francis Bacon

14. "In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present." ~ Francis Bacon

15. "A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green." ~ Francis Bacon

16. "Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience." ~ Francis Bacon

17. "In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior." ~ Francis Bacon

18. "A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner." ~ Francis Bacon

19. "Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man." ~ Francis Bacon

20. "Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God." ~ Francis Bacon

21. "He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator." ~ Francis Bacon

22. "He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other." ~ Francis Bacon

23. "Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread." ~ Francis Bacon

24. "A prudent question is one-half of wisdom." ~ Francis Bacon

25. "If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us." ~ Francis Bacon

26. "A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." ~ Francis Bacon

27. "Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite." ~ Francis Bacon

28. "The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery." ~ Francis Bacon

29. "The surest way to prevent seditions...is to take away the matter of them." ~ Francis Bacon

30. "Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true." ~ Francis Bacon

31. "The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it." ~ Francis Bacon

32. "Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it." ~ Francis Bacon

33. "Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly." ~ Francis Bacon

34. "Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed." ~ Francis Bacon

35. "God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation." ~ Francis Bacon

36. "Money is a great servant but a bad master." ~ Francis Bacon

37. "A la naturaleza se le domina obedeciendola." ~ Francis Bacon

38. "Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper." ~ Francis Bacon

39. "If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties." ~ Francis Bacon

40. "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..." ~ Francis Bacon

41. "Crafty men condemn studies; Simple men admire them; And wise men use them: For they teach not their own use: but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation." ~ Francis Bacon

42. "A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time." ~ Francis Bacon

43. "We are much beholden to Machiavelli and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do . For it is not possible to join serpentine wisdom with the columbine innocency, except men know exactly all the conditions of the serpent; his baseness and going upon his belly, his volubility and lubricity, his envy and sting, and the rest; that is, all forms and natures of evil. For without this, virtue lieth open and unfenced. Nay, an honest man can do no good upon those that are wicked, to reclaim them, without the help of the knowledge of evil." ~ Francis Bacon

44. "But it is not only the difficulty and labor which men take in finding out of truth, nor again that when it is found it imposeth upon men's thoughts, that doth bring lies in favor; but a natural though corrupt love of the lie itself." ~ Francis Bacon

45. "Truth is a naked and open daylight, that does not show the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights. . . A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure" ~ Francis Bacon

46. "the serpent if it wants to become the dragon must eat itself." ~ Francis Bacon

47. "Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished." ~ Francis Bacon

48. "REVENGE is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out." ~ Francis Bacon

49. "Great art is always a way of concentrating, reinventing what is called fact, what we know of our existence- a reconcentration… tearing away the veils, the attitudes people acquire of their time and earlier time. Really good artists tear down those veils" ~ Francis Bacon

50. "Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly." ~ Francis Bacon

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