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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

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The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil. – 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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There comes a time in the seekers life when he discovers that he is at once the lover and the beloved. The aspiring soul which he embodies is the lover in him. And the transcendental Self which he reveals from within is his Beloved. – Sri Chinmoy

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An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery. – Enrico Fermi

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Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment – the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is. – Jorge Luis Borges

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Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us. – Jean Baudrillard

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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about. – Katharine Hepburn

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Man know much more than he understands. – Alfred Adler

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I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left. – Voltaire

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