Quote by Francis Bacon
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for gr

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

Other quotes by Francis Bacon

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. – Francis Bacon

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Writing
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Suspicions that the mind, of itself, gathers, are but buzzes; but suspicions that are artificially nourished and put into mens heads by the tales and whisperings of others, have stings. – Francis Bacon

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Doubt
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People of great position are servants times three, servants of their country, servants of fame, and servants of business. – Francis Bacon

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Footnotes are the finer-suckered surfaces that allow testicular paragraphs to hold fast to the wider reality of the library. – Nicholson Baker

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He that loves a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently divert and pleasantly entertain himself, as in all weathers, as in all fortunes. – Barrow

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Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered. – W. H. Auden

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Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors. – Joseph Addison

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When men dont fear God, they give themselves to evil. – Ray Comfort

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