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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. - Francis Bacon

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. – Francis Bacon

Other quotes by Francis Bacon

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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God
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Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. – Francis Bacon

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Fame
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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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Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation. – Sara Teasdale

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Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom. – Walter Benjamin

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Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions. – Gerald Brenan

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Random Quotes

When youre told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isnt going to leak. – Oliver North

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Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles. – Jawaharlal Nehru

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Failure

The full value of this life can only be got by fighting; the violent take it by storm. And if we have accepted everything we have missed something — war. This life of ours is a very enjoyable fight, but a very miserable truce. – G. K. Chesterton

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To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself. – Thomas Carlyle

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Men