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Quote by Francis Bacon
A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a m

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open. – Francis Bacon

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The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it. – Francis Bacon

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Reality
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The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious harp of mans body. – Francis Bacon

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Poetry
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Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit. – Francis Bacon

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The simplest questions are the most profound.
Where were you born?
Where is your home?
Where are you going?
What are you doing?
Think about these once in awhile, and watch your answers change. – Richard Bach

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Better to ask twice than to lose your way once. – Danish proverb

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You dont always get what you ask for, but you never get what you dont ask for… unless its contagious! – Franklyn Broude

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Questions

Questions focus our thinking. Ask empowering questions like: Whats good about this? Whats not perfect about it yet? What am I going to do next time? How can I do this and have fun doing it? – Charles Connolly

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What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now. – William Glasser

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Science reckons many prophets, but there is not even a promise of a Messiah. – Thomas Huxley

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Sex is the most fun you can have without laughing. – Woody Allen

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Here is a pretty good rule of thumb for Democratic Presidents: if it didnt work for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won four terms and a World War, it probably wont work for you either. – Jon Meacham

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