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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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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.



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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If certain Jewish communities had distinctive qualities, they were due to history, not biology.

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The vocation of each writer is to describe the world as he or she sees it; anything more than that is advertising.

The vocation of each writer is to describe the world as he or she sees it; anything more than that is advertising.



As poetry is the harmony of words, so music is that of notes; and as poetry is a rise above prose and oratory, so is music the exaltation of poetry.

As poetry is the harmony of words, so music is that of notes; and as poetry is a rise above prose and oratory, so is music the exaltation of poetry.



God's people cannot be shamed into serving God; they need to be challenged.

God's people cannot be shamed into serving God; they need to be challenged.



And so Nat stood up and joined the group, and followed, and watched, and awaited his chance as the light of Chaos lit the plain and gods and demons marched to war.

And so Nat stood up and joined the group, and followed, and watched, and awaited his chance as the light of Chaos lit the plain and gods and demons marched to war.



Atheism is cheap on people, because it snobbishly says nine out of ten people through history have been wrong about God and have had a lie at the core of their hearts.

Atheism is cheap on people, because it snobbishly says nine out of ten people through history have been wrong about God and have had a lie at the core of their hearts.



If I know anything about the character of God after fifty years of ministry, I know that God hates abortion.

If I know anything about the character of God after fifty years of ministry, I know that God hates abortion.



It was one of those and so they died/the end stories, that made us demigods feels all warm and fuzzy inside.-Percy

It was one of those and so they died/the end stories, that made us demigods feels all warm and fuzzy inside.-Percy



It seems a pity, but I do not think that I can write more. For God's sake look after our people.

It seems a pity, but I do not think that I can write more. For God's sake look after our people.



A lot of people have been bent one way or the other on that. I'm not going to weigh in on that; I'm happy to still be at large, I'll just put it that way.

A lot of people have been bent one way or the other on that. I'm not going to weigh in on that; I'm happy to still be at large, I'll just put it that way.




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