Francis Bacon Quotes
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
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I'm not any more moral than my neighbors.
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I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.
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You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
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If we're going to go really deep, we're all trying to live forever. My music is my way of doing that.
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It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and... we need a quarter of a million men.
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In all good westerns, the good guy is always a little bit questionable because he kind-of has to make moral judgments.
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It doesn't matter what you feel - ultimately, it's what the audience feels. You can finish a scene and think to yourself, 'Oh, God. I was so deep in that moment,' and find it just didn't play. I don't know if I have very good radar about that or not.
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The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.
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Black people can be the most conservative, the most discriminating. Especially among ourselves. It wasn't white people who said all black men have to wear baggy jeans.
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When you take a stand out of deep conviction, people know. They may not even agree, but they ask, 'Do I want someone who is willing to take a hard stand and someone I can trust to do that when the chips are down?' They want that.
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Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.
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Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the arts, music, and plastic art to poetry.
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I've always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land.
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One of the things that's frustrated me as a deep-sea explorer is how many animals there probably are in the ocean that we know nothing about because of the way we explore the ocean.
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Men are separated by so many petty things.
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Common perceptions of female friendships are morning coffees discussing children, bags, periods and agreeing about the misdemeanours of men... mild, soft, nurturing relationships.
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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Socrates gave a lifetime to the outpouring of his substance in the shape of the greatest benefits bestowed on all who cared to receive them. In other words, he made those who lived in his society better men and sent them on their way rejoicing.
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Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.
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The good thing is I didn't feel like anyone was going to judge me on 'Glee.'
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The very essence of success is practice.
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But,' I reminded myself, 'it's common knowledge that life isn't worth living, anyhow.
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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
