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Francis Bacon

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Quotes by Francis Bacon

"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..."
"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."
"Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted ...but to weigh and consider."
"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is."