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" The great end of life is not knowledge but action. "
Francis Bacon
Great
End
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" Knowledge is power. "
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" Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. "
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" Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. "
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" Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order. "
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" God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave. "
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" Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. "
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" The quarrels and divisions about religion were evils unknown to the heathen. The reason was because the religion of the heathen consisted rather in rites and ceremonies than in any constant belief. "
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" Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. "
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Reading
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" Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. "
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" The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. "
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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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Best
Age
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