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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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God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave. – Francis Bacon

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The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious harp of mans body. – Francis Bacon

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There is only one way in which a person acquires a new idea: by the combination or association of two or more ideas he already has into a new juxtaposition in such a manner as to discover a relationship among them of which he was not previously aware. – Francis A. Cartier

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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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There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo

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A mediocre idea that guarantees enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. – Mary Kay Ash

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