“A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.”
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An English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist and author known as the father of Empiricism.
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“A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.”
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“Ipsa scientia potestas est. Knowledge itself is power.”
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“I would address one general admonition to all, that they consider what are the true ends of knowledge, and that they seek it not either for pleasure of the mind, or for contention, or for su...”
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“Wonder is the seed of knowledge”
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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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“They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.”
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“Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and s...”
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“Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted ...but to weigh and consider.”
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“Acorns were good until bread was found.”
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“Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.”
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“The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.”
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“For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.”
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“Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.”
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“God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.”
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“The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.”
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“He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.”
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“They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.”
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“Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.”
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“The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, o...”
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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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