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

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

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Atheism
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Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. – Francis Bacon

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God
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He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. – Francis Bacon

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A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Truth

All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Truth

Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not. – William James

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Truth

Your days are short here this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And dont forget when you leave why you came. – Adlai E. Stevenson

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Truth

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Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it. – Jean-Paul Sartre

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Intelligence

Wars will remain while human nature remains. I believe in my soul in cooperation, in arbitration but the soldiers occupation we cannot say is gone until human nature is gone. – Rutherford B. Hayes

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Nature

My mom and dad met at UCLA when he as a captain in the Air Force and she was in her junior year. – Tracy Austin

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Im very wary of trust, you see. – Kristin Scott Thomas

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Trust