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Quote by Francis Bacon
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but

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

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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. – Francis Bacon

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It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a mans self. – Francis Bacon

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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it. – Francis Bacon

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Whether your faith is that there is a God or that there is not a God, if you dont have any doubts you are either kidding yourself or asleep. Doubts are the ants in the pants of faith. They keep it awake and moving. – Frederick Buechner

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Great doubts deep wisdom. Small doubts little wisdom. – Chinese Proverb

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If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, theyd immediately go out. – William Blake

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