Quote by Francis Bacon
In contemplation, if a man begins with certainties he shall end in

In contemplation, if a man begins with certainties he shall end in doubts; but if he be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. – Francis Bacon

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Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again. – Francis Bacon

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Neither in this world nor elsewhere is there any happiness in store for him who always doubts. – Bhagavad Gita

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Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way. – Hosea Ballou

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There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little, and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more, and not keep their suspicions in smother. – Francis Bacon

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The believer is happy; the doubter is wise. – Proverb

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