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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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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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Francis Bacon
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The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding. – Francis Bacon

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Journal: fitting your heart and soul into ruled lines. – Terri Guillemets

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A writer and nothing else: a man alone in a room with the English language, trying to get human feelings right. – John K. Hutchens, New York Herald Tribune, 1961 September 10th

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Drink and be filled up. – Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, 2000

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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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