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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they see

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they see nothing but sea. – Francis Bacon

Other quotes by Francis Bacon

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind. – Francis Bacon

Category:
Atheism
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Francis Bacon
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Philosophers make imaginary laws for imaginary commonwealths, and their discourses are as the stars, which give little light because they are so high. – Francis Bacon

Category:
Philosophy
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Francis Bacon
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Other Quotes from
Discovery
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Ah, but a mans reach should exceed his grasp,
Or whats a heaven for? – Robert Browning

Category:
Discovery

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time. – TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

Category:
Discovery

As person abandons worn-out clothes and acquires new ones, so when the body is worn out a new one is acquired by the Self, who lives within. – Bhagavad Gita

Category:
Discovery

This is it. There are no hidden meanings. All that mystical stuff is just whats so. – Werner Erhard

Category:
Discovery

Random Quotes

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them. – John Stuart Mill

Category:
Happiness

My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias. – Abdul Kalam

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Age

Young wives are the leading asset of corporate power. They want the suburbs, a house, a settled life, and respectability. They want society to see that they have exchanged themselves for something of value. – Ralph Nader

Category:
Feminism

When all else is lost, the future still remains. – Christian Nestell Bovee

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Future