Quote by Francis Bacon
The great end of life is not knowledge but action. - Francis Bacon

The great end of life is not knowledge but action. – 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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Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse. – Francis Bacon

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I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great. – Ray Bradbury

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Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off. – Carl Jung

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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society. – B. R. Ambedkar

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I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. Theyre always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat Bob Marley got heat Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means youre doing something right. – Ziggy Marley

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The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. – James Madison

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I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom. – John Barrymore

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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it. – Hannah Arendt

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Hell is paved with good intentions. – John Ray

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