Francis Bacon Quotes
The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.
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Having an understanding of what's possible also makes me redouble my efforts to fight those who stand in the way of doing the things that my constituents and the country would want to get done.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English.
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Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.
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Nature can do more than physicians.
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One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
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A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.
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The true treasure lies within. It is the underlying theme of the songs we sing, the shows we watch and the books we read. It is woven into the Psalms of the Bible, the ballads of the Beatles and practically every Bollywood film ever made. What is that treasure? Love. Love is the nature of the Divine.
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Arab civilizations had been of an abstract nature, moral and intellectual rather than applied; and their lack of public spirit made their excellent private qualities futile. They were fortunate in their epoch: Europe had fallen barbarous; and the memory of Greek and Latin learning was fading from men's minds.
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I just worry a lot. I'm a worrier. Michelle and Barack are really dear to me. I mean, I love them. And I don't want to see them get hurt. Just the nature of politics is hurtful. So every time they are hurt, I get hurt. It's a lot to ask of people, and it's a lot to see your friends go through. It's hard not to get emotional.
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In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.
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We are all several different people. There are different aspects of our nature that are competing.
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Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.
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We are not by nature cruel.
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The physical ego, the active consciousness in man, should uplift its body-identified self into unity with the soul, its true nature; it should not allow itself to remain mired in the lowly delusive strata of the senses and material entanglement.
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That's the era we grew up in. It's weak to go to a psychiatrist.
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It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.
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It is human nature to favor individuals and institutions who we know or for whom we feel responsible.
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Finally, empirical data suggests that assets are sold much more slowly during retirement years than when they are accumulated during working years.
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I want to act and direct like Jodie Foster. I admire her because she went to college and she is still doing the same thing.
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The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.
