"Truth emerges more readily from error than from…" — Francis Bacon
"Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion."
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261 Quotes by Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon has 261 quotes on this site.
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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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More Confusion Quotes
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At one of the annual conventions of the American Society for Aesthetics much confusion arose when the Society for Anesthetics…
— Rudolf Arnheim
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Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all…
— Nancy Astor
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the…
— Charles Babbage
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All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want…
— John Adams
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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance,…
— Melody Beattie
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Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.
— Jose Bergamin
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The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes.
— James Agee
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I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.
— Daniel Boone
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Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.
— Marlon Brando
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I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest.
— A. Whitney Brown
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The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of…
— John C. Calhoun
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