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There is a cunning which we in England call the rning of the cat in the pan.

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By indignities men come to dignities.

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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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Atheism leads a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation: all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue.

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For fountains, they are a Great Beauty and Refreshment, but Pools mar all, and make the Garden unwholesome, and full of Flies and Frogs.

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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

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Always let losers have their words.

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The best armor is to keep out of gunshot.

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Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

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I don't think people are born artists; I think it comes from a mixture of your surroundings, the people you meet, and luck.

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Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.

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Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

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The human understanding is no dry light, but receives an infusion from the will and affections... What a man had rather were true he more readily believes.

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Antiquities, or remnants of history, are, as was said, tanquam tabula naufragii: when industrious persons, by an exact and scrupulous diligence and observation, out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages of books that concern not story, and the like, do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time.

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Disciples do owe their masters only a temporary belief, and a suspension of their own judgment till they be fully instructed.

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The logic now in use serves rather to fix and give stability to the errors which have their foundation in commonly received notions than to help the search for truth. So it does more harm than good.

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There is no secrecy comparable to celerity.

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Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.

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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

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When any of the four pillars of government-religion, justice, counsel, and treasure-are mainly shaken or weakened, men had need to pray for fair weather.

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