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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He that gives good advice builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example builds with both. – Francis Bacon

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Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body, and it addeth no small reverence to mens manners and actions if they be not altogether open. Therefore set it down: That a habit of secrecy is both politic and moral. – Francis Bacon

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Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution. – Francis Bacon

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My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living. – Anais Nin

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Dont worry about people stealing an idea. If its original, you will have to ram it down their throats. – Howard Aiken

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A good idea plus capable men cannot fail; it is better than money in the bank. – John Berry

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The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas, and throw the bad ones away. – Linus Pauling

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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh. – Lord Chesterfield

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You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched. – Edgar Watson Howe, Country Town Sayings, 1911

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The more deeply the path is etched, the more it is used, and the more it is used, the more deeply it etched. – Jo Coudert

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There are people who never experience that, who remain closed until death, from fear of change. – Isabelle Adjani

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