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“There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.”
― Francis Bacon

“The general root of superstition : namely, that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass over the other.”
― Francis Bacon, The Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon (Unexpurgated Edition)

“It is impossible to love and be wise.”
― Francis Bacon

“Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends”
― Francis Bacon

“God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.”
― Sir Francis Bacon

“The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.”
― Francis Bacon

“The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.”
― Francis Bacon

“The only really interesting thing is
what happens between two people in a room.”
― Francis Bacon

“The remedy is worse than the disease.”
― Francis Bacon

“A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.”
― Francis Bacon

“For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.”
― Francis Bacon

“He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.”
― Francis Bacon

“By far the best proof is experience.”
― Francis Bacon

“For friends... do but look upon good Books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.”
― Francis Bacon