It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man's judgment

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

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A prudent question is one half of wisdom.

A prudent question is one half of wisdom.

Great hypocrite are the real atheists

Great hypocrite are the real atheists

He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it...

He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it...

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

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

Reading maketh a full man.

Reading maketh a full man.

Knowledge itself is power

Knowledge itself is power

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day...

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day...

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and...

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and...

Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is...

Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is...

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.

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...

They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to...

They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to...

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery

God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

If atheism is to be used to express the state of mind in which God...

If atheism is to be used to express the state of mind in which God...

There's no reason for me to believe that God exists, so I don't.

There's no reason for me to believe that God exists, so I don't.

I believe that God prays in us and through us, whether we are praying or...

I believe that God prays in us and through us, whether we are praying or...