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Quote by Francis Bacon
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought fo

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. – Francis Bacon

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We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. – Francis Bacon

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Philosophy
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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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Reality
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Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. – George Orwell, “Why I Write,” 1947 (Thanks, Jennifer)

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A perfectly healthy sentence, it is true, is extremely rare. For the most part we miss the hue and fragrance of the thought; as if we could be satisfied with the dews of the morning or evening without their colors, or the heavens without their azure. – Henry David Thoreau

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An author, behind his words, is naked. – Terri Guillemets

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Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself. – Franz Kafka

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And remember, no matter where you go, there you are. – Confucius

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I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. – Vincent Van Gogh

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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. – Charles de Gaulle

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We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind. – Sir John Robert Seeley

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