Quote by Francis Bacon
We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men

We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. – Francis Bacon

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It is not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity. – Francis Bacon

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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. – Francis Bacon

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Leisure is the mother of Philosophy. – Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651

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To teach how to live with uncertainty, yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy can do. – Bertrand Russell

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The traditional disputes of philosophers are, for the most part, as unwarranted as they are unfruitful. – Sir Alfred Jules Ayer

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Being a philosopher, I have a problem for every solution. – Robert Zend

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Im sickened by all religions. Religion has divided people. I dont think theres any difference between the pope wearing a large hat and parading around with a smoking purse and an African painting his face white and praying to a rock. – Howard Stern

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