Quote by Francis Bacon
In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more p

In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events of the time and determines their ultimate issues. – 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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If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in a person. – Ralph Bunche

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Eureka! Ive got it. – Archimedes

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Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when it is the only idea we have. – Henri Alban-Fournier

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The brain is a commodity used to fertilize ideas. – Elbert Hubbard

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