Quote by Francis Bacon
If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we be

If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties. – Francis Bacon

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Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity. – Francis Bacon

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It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth mans mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth mens minds about to religion. – Francis Bacon

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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. – Francis Bacon

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We delight in one knowable thing, which comprehends all that is knowable; in one apprehensible, which draws together all that can be apprehended; in a single being that includes all, above all in the one which is itself the all. – Giordano Bruno

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When men are the most sure and arrogant they are commonly the most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation and suspense which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities. – David Hume

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To be positive: to be mistaken at the top of ones voice. – Ambrose Bierce

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The more I see the less I know for sure. – John Lennon

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Our poverty will be brought home to us to its full extent only after the war. – Joseph A. Schumpeter

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