Time Quote by Francis Bacon

“Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.”

Francis Bacon

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Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest.

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The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend.

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Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs.

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Painting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down.

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I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision.

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Much bending breaks the bow; much unbending the mind.

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When Christ came into the world, peace was sung; and when He went out of the world, peace was bequeathed.

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...neither is it possible to discover the more remote and deeper parts of any science, if you stand but upon the level of the…

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The divisions of science are not like different lines that meet in one angle, but rather like the branches of trees that join in…

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The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down... forces everything else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although more cogent…

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I should have been, I don't know, a con-man, a robber or a prostitute. But it was vanity that made me choose painting, vanity…

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Wounds cannot be cured without searching.

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