Sir Francis Bacon

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"The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss and commit to memory the one, and pass over the other."	Memory, Men
"Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted ...but to weigh and consider."	Lies, Reading
"Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation, all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men...the master of superstition is the people; and arguments are fitted to practice, in a reverse order."	Argument, Conflict, Government
"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."	Evil, Good, Hope
"Never exaggerate your faults. Your friends will attend to that."	Friends
"Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study."	Miscellaneous
"No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth."	Ability, Age, Honesty
"Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books."	Books
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