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The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall the desire of knowledge caused men to fall. – Francis Bacon

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Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. – Francis Bacon

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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. – Francis Bacon

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Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. – Francis Bacon

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So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. Theres just more going on. Its an adjunct to the written word, which I think is still the most important thing. – Kurt Loder

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In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory. – Alfred North Whitehead

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The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind. – John Millington Synge

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We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge. – Matt Blunt

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