"Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake."
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Francis Bacon
Philosopher, Statesman
Francis Bacon was an English philosopher and statesman known for developing the scientific method and advocating for empirical research.
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Francis Bacon
Philosopher, Statesman
"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties."
Francis Bacon
Philosopher, Statesman
"It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity."
Francis Bacon
Philosopher, Statesman
"Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true."
Francis Bacon
Philosopher, Statesman
"There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool."
Francis Bacon
Philosopher, Statesman
"Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider."