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Francis Bacon: All rising to...

Francis Bacon: All rising to...

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

Source: Of Great Place
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Francis Bacon: Who then to...

Francis Bacon: Who then to...

Who then to frail mortality shall trust,
But limns the water, or but writes in dust.


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Saint Augustine: If we live...

Saint Augustine: If we live...

If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.

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Francis Bacon: Boldness is ever...

Francis Bacon: Boldness is ever...

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in...

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Francis Bacon: Knowledge itself is...

Francis Bacon: Knowledge itself is...

Knowledge itself is power.

Source: Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est; Religious...

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Francis Bacon: Medicine is a...

Francis Bacon: Medicine is a...

Medicine is a science which hath been, as we have said, more professed than laboured, and yet more laboured than...

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Francis Bacon: There is as...

Francis Bacon: There is as...

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is...

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Francis Bacon: Children sweeten labours;...

Francis Bacon: Children sweeten labours;...

Children sweeten labours; but they make misfortunes more bitter.

Source: Essays, 7,...

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Francis Bacon: To choose time...

Francis Bacon: To choose time...

To choose time is to save time.

Source: Essays, 'Of Dispatch'
-- Francis Bacon,...

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Aristotle: A good style...

Aristotle: A good style...

A good style must have an air of novelty, at the same time concealing its art.

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Aristotle: Men regard it...

Aristotle: Men regard it...

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil - and if they cannot, feel they have lost their...

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Aristotle: I count him...

Aristotle: I count him...

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over...

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Peace Pilgrim: To attain inner...

Peace Pilgrim: To attain inner...

To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life --...

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Martin Luther King, Jr: Nothing in the...

Martin Luther King, Jr: Nothing in the...

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

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Martin Luther King, Jr: In the End,...

Martin Luther King, Jr: In the End,...

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

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Martin Luther King, Jr: Pity may represent...

Martin Luther King, Jr: Pity may represent...

Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is...

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Martin Luther King, Jr: I have a...

Martin Luther King, Jr: I have a...

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color...

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OUTCOME, n. A...

OUTCOME, n. A...

OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment . . . . judged by the outcome, the result. This is immortal nonsense;...

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PERSEVERANCE, n. A...

PERSEVERANCE, n. A...

PERSEVERANCE, n. A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

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QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly...

QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly...

QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly chivalric, like Don Quixote. An insight into the beauty and excellence of this incomparable...

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