Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

Quote by Francis Bacon

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If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation...

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation...

Out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages...

Out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages...

Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things...

Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things...

Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.

Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused...

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused...

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be...

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be...

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils.

I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils.

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations...

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations...

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never...

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never...

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture...

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture...

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck...

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck...

It is impossible to love and be wise.

It is impossible to love and be wise.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the...

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the...

A bachelor has to have inspiration for making love to a woman, a married man...

A bachelor has to have inspiration for making love to a woman, a married man...

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.