"Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly……" — Francis Bacon
"Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it."
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Francis Bacon
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261 Quotes by Francis Bacon
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Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him…
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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to…
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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
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Knowledge is power.
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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
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It is impossible to love and to be wise.
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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
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A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.
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Isn't beer the holy libation of sincerity? The potion that dispels all hypocrisy, any charade of fine manners? The drink…
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Even a single lamp dispels the deepest darkness.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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In this world Hate never yet dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, Ancient and inexhaustible.
— Gautama Buddha
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Love dispels fear just as light dispels darkness. If even for a moment you have been in love with someone,…
— Rajneesh
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Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens or…
— Confucius
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The Truth about Leo Strauss is the most balanced and insightful book yet written about Strauss's thought, students, and political…
— William Galston
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Nothing dispels enthusiasm like a small admission fee.
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Life has, indeed, many ills, but the mind that views every object in its most cheering aspect, and every doubtful…
— Lydia Sigourney
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REPORTER, n. A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Listening is a lamp that dispels the darkness of ignorance.
— Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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Just as full sunlight completely dispels all darkness but even a few rays provide a measure of light, so, if…
— Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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It's critical that we use a very dark brush to paint evil. When you bring the light into that darkness…
— Ted Dekker
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