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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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Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. – Francis Bacon

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Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. – Francis Bacon

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So long as new ideas are created, sales will continue to reach new highs. – Dorothea Brande

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Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind one may hope to disengage an idea that is valid. – Gaston Bachelard

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Others go to bed with their mistresses; I with my ideas. – José Marti, letter, 1890

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

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