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Quote by Francis Bacon
Truth is a good dog but always beware of barking too close to the

Truth is a good dog but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. – Francis Bacon

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He that gives good advice builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example builds with both. – Francis Bacon

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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

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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. – Francis Bacon

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The source of all the material comes from nothingness, illusion is working more on things you can prove. Thats the principle, the essence of life, it is actually an illusion, not immaterial. Thats worth pursuing. So illusion is not nothing. In a way, that is the truth. – Ang Lee

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It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can. – Sargent Shriver

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The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them. Only let us be sure that it is the truth. – Thomas Huxley

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It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. – Thomas Paine

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