Good questions outrank easy answers.

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels...

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels...

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part...

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part...

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery

Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical.

Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical.

Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons...

Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons...

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

This delivering of knowledge in distinct and disjointed aphorisms doth leave the wit of man...

This delivering of knowledge in distinct and disjointed aphorisms doth leave the wit of man...

Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power.

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life

Men in great place are thrice servants, - servants of the sovereign or state, servants...

Men in great place are thrice servants, - servants of the sovereign or state, servants...

Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions,...

Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions,...

Houses are built to live in and not to look on.

Houses are built to live in and not to look on.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it

Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We...

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We...

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

An optimist sees and opportunity in every calamity. A pessimist sees a calamity in every...

An optimist sees and opportunity in every calamity. A pessimist sees a calamity in every...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.

There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.