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A wise man will make more opportunities, than he finds.



Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.



Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.



Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.



Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, and fitter for new projects than for settled business.



The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall.



Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.



Truth will sooner come out from error than from confusion.



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



Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.



Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground.



Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.



If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.



A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.



Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.








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