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Quote by Francis Bacon
We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. - Francis Bacon

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. – 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 forget and pass over the other. – Francis Bacon

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Superstition
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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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Books
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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. – Francis Bacon

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Age
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Other Quotes from
Environment
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The human race will be the cancer of the planet. – Julian Huxley, attributed

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Environment

There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew. – Marshall McLuhan, 1964

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Environment

Human destiny is bound to remain a gamble, because at some unpredictable time and in some unforeseeable manner nature will strike back. – Rene Dubos, Mirage of Health, 1959

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Environment

Take care of the earth and she will take care of you. – Author Unknown

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Environment

Random Quotes

The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself. – Will Rogers

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Business

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only. – Samuel Butler, Erewhon

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Appearance

As great as Ed is, the wisdom out here is that he cant carry a movie. Theyll pay him $3 million to be the second banana in Julia Roberts things. But they wont put up $3 million for an Ed Harris movie. – George A. Romero

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Wisdom

Interior design is a travesty of the architectural process and a frightening condemnation of the credulity, helplessness and gullibility of the most formidable consumers – Stephen Bayley

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design