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The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
Responsibility
Francis Bacon

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The place of justice is a hallowed place.
Court
Francis Bacon

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The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.
Nature
Francis Bacon

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The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.
Friends and Friendship
Francis Bacon

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There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
Beauty
Francis Bacon

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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they see nothing but sea.
Discovery
Francis Bacon

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They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.
Adaptability
Francis Bacon

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Time is the measure of business.
Time and Time Management
Francis Bacon

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To choose time is to save time.
Time and Time Management
Francis Bacon

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Truth arises more readily from error than from confusion.
Truth
Francis Bacon

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Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
Virtue
Francis Bacon

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We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.
Philosophers and Philosophy
Francis Bacon

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What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.
Truth
Francis Bacon

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Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
Patience
Francis Bacon

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Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.
Questions
Francis Bacon

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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
Solitude
Francis Bacon

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Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
Marriage
Francis Bacon

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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
Present
Francis Bacon

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun