Quote by Francis Bacon
They that deny a God destroy mans nobility; for certainly man is o

They that deny a God destroy mans nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. – Francis Bacon

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In contemplation, if a man begins with certainties he shall end in doubts; but if he be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. – Francis Bacon

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Doubt
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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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If I were to say, God, why me? about the bad things, then I should have said, God, why me? about the good things that happened in my life. – Arthur Ashe

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Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God. – Sai Baba

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God

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Power always thinks… that it is doing Gods service when it is violating all his laws. – John Adams

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Im not sure history has ended. – John Bolton

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The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the factors of decadence, — luxury, skepticism, weariness and superstition, — are constant. The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next. – Cyril Connolly

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The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. – Aristotle

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I dont want to discredit peoples individuality, but I think people are pretty much the same. People are very similar. If you have a good enough imagination then you can feel things that you personally have never done before. Thats acting. – Kristen Stewart

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