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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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Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. – Francis Bacon

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Wives are young mens mistresses, companions for middle age, and old mens nurses. – Francis Bacon

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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order. – Francis Bacon

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When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence. – Samuel Butler

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It is not my sentence that I polish, but my thought. I pause until the drop of light that I need is formed and falls from my pen. – Joseph Joubert (1754–1824), translated from French by George H. Calvert, 1

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He that uses many words for the explaining any subject doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink. – John Ray

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Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted. – Jules Renard, Journal, 1895 April 10th

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I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but its not part of a sensible way of living. Its a heroic path and it generally ends dangerously. – Jane Campion

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Everyone has their own way of expressing happiness. – Shahrukh Khan

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