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Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.


Francis Bacon

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Some books should be tasted,some devoured but only few should be chewed and digested thouroughly
CORNELIA FUNKE Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
FRANCIS BACON Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
FRANCIS BACON, SR. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
FRANCIS BACON Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
FRANCIS BACON SR. Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.
FRANCIS BACON Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is...
SIR FRANCIS BACON Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discou...
FRANCIS BACON Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discou...
FRANCIS BACON Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discou...
FRANCIS BACON Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should...
PAULO COELHO Never be ashamed,’ he said. ‘Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wi...
PAULO COELHO Friends should be like books, few, but hand-selected.
C.J. LANGENHOVEN Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
JOINERIANA Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
RAINER MARIA RILKE Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen
SAMUEL PATERSON There are some women who should barely be spoken to; they should only be caressed.
EDGAR DEGAS But I account the use that a man should seek of the publishing of his own writings before his death...
FRANCIS BACON I am not a supporter of burning books; but like poison, some books should be kept away from simple m...
BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, s...
KARIN SLAUGHTER Good riddance to bad rubbish.
RODMAN PHILBRICK All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either upon an art, or upon a man. - ...
FRANCIS BACON In the deaf community, there are different types of people who have different philosophies. Some bel...
MARLEE MATLIN life should be as easy as mario makes it.........you just jump a few hurdles, kill a few monsters an...
ANJIE HENLEY It should be some great competition.
PAM METCALF If some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how, then, with deadlier facts, not dre...
HERMAN MELVILLE Sometimes some questions... shouldn't been answered... sometimes some stuff should be kept private.....
DEYTH BANGER A painting should be tough; it should have muscle, but I have to find some tenderness in it, too. Th...
GARY HUME To accomplish anything, one should not only dream & plan,but should believe & act accordingly.One sh...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felic...
ROBERT CHAPMAN A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of fel...
ROBERT CHAPMAN A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felic...
ROBERT CHAPMAN The place where we don't agree is on whether there should be some restraint on insurance compani...
DAVID AXELROD Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in trea...
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done
GORDON HEWART Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.
ROBERT FROST Books should be both enlightening and entertaining.
RAVI SUBRAMANIAN The power should be in individual democracies in individual communities. It shouldn't be an olig...
FINN JONES It should be equitable and it should be monitored and spent so that we can measure that its doing so...
ARDIS WOOD Some people develop a wishbone where their backbone should be.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?
ALBERT EINSTEIN Nobody has Francis Bacon on their walls in their house - or very few people - but sometimes people l...
SIMON RATTLE Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others...
OSCAR WILDE Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.
OSCAR WILDE I'll only retire in the day I should be dead and they have me buried, and some idiot spell over ...
OZZY OSBOURNE I have spend a lot of time on everything and what's impresses me about people I have written that in...
DEYTH BANGER Some are saying I should resign, some want me impeached, some say I should go on vacation, ... This ...
JOSEPH ESTRADA But I find with Francis Bacon, some of the things were in the place, and someone who was connected w...
MARK RYLANCE He is a real good athlete. He is only a freshman, but should play well and make some plays.
IVAN MOORE Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be
CURTIS W. FENTRESS Writing a NYT bestseller was a delightful experience. But there are many books which are read by few...
RON BRACKIN There are some people that probably should be in the Hall of Fame, but they're not for some reas...
GALE SAYERS It is better that some should be unhappy than that none should be happy, which would be the case in ...
SAMUEL JOHNSON Well, I think every now and again, some people deserve to get their butts chewed. Every now and agai...
JUDGE MILLS LANE We have always believed that dairy products and meat products should be inspected before sale, and d...
ANDREW SMITH We're looking pretty good so far. We only have two seniors, but we have some talented underclassmen....
LEE SHAW The principle was, death should not be entered like some snug harbor. It should be an unambiguous re...
THOMAS KENEALLY Some players leaned on them. It should be a lot more relaxed.
FELIPE ALOU There's some good scores, so it should be a real good finish.
BARRETT MILAM Maybe some energy and effort should be used to grow other areas.
BRAD LAIL But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years.
AMARTYA SEN Everyone should have a place in your heart, but only a special few should have a place in your life.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON I would tell young journalists to be brave and go against the tide. When everyone else is relying on...
JUDY POLUMBAUM Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.
ANON. Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.
ANONYMOUS Who makes decisions for families across America? Should it be a family with their doctor, or should ...
STEVE SCALISE I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.
OSCAR WILDE The only way you can be happy is if you be completely yourself. You have to be you. Don't be wha...
AFROJACK Voter apathy is a civic abdication.
CHARLES M. BLOW Comparing should be in our Books and not our Realities.
KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them agai...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them agai...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON I often say that we should only be judged on two things: if we’re kind, and if we read books.
PAIGE SHELTON Why should anybody be interested in some old man who was a failure?
ERNEST HEMINGWAY We added some good parts. We should be a much better football team.
KEYSHAWN JOHNSON Some are called but only a few are chosen.
BRITNEY WRIGHT Some feminists feel that a woman should never be wrong. We have a right to be wrong.
ALICE CHILDRESS I believe books should be like a prime rib steak ~ good and thick.
E.A. BUCCHIANERI People should not leave looking-glasses hanging in their rooms any more then they should leave open ...
VIRGINIA WOOLF Art should be life. It's an imitation of life. It should have some humanity in it.
JOHN LYDON I don't think a bottle line supervisor at any winery anywhere should be a salaried employee, and thi...
JAMES GEAGAN We believe that some people should get their drugs for free, and a small class of people should even...
DR. MARK FENDRICK We're a very capable team. We've beaten some good teams this year, but we've lost to a few that we p...
ROOSEVELT BARNES Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for your...
MAXIM GORKY Books should not be loved selfishly. Neither books nor anything else, in fact.
MARIE-SABINE ROGER There has already been some demolition done, ... And it should be finished up soon.
BARBARA YOUNG I never wanted to do Harry Potter. I thought it should have stayed as a book. There are some books t...
HALEY JOEL OSMENT A well constructed plot should, therefore, be single in its issue, rather than double as some mainta...
ARISTOTLE We still have some things that need to be determined but we've always been the type of team that tak...
DAVE CURRID Fiction should be in its way subversive. I don't think books should be neat or gentle or genteel or ...
EDNA O'BRIEN Everybody potentially can be great. It is not only some few people who could be great.
SUNDAY ADELAJA To live in this world "Real World", you should be FUCKING nerd.
DEYTH BANGER People should be interested in books, not their authors.
AGATHA CHRISTIE Some MLAs may have personal differences. But all differences should be dealt with amicably within th...
LK ADVANI We would not be Human if we did not prefer to be the devourers rather than the devoured, but either ...
MARGARET ATWOOD It is impossible to love and to be wise.
FRANCIS BACON SR. Francis Bacon is one of my giant inspirations. I just love him to pieces.
DAVID LYNCH Everybody should be able to make some music...That's the cosmic dance!
, FROM THE MOVIE "HAROLD & MAUDE" Today it was a fair real competition as it should be in sports. Everyone has set a personal goal — ...
IRINA VINNER

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FRANCIS BACON Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress.
FRANCIS BACON For knowledge, too, is itself a power. [Lat., Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.]
FRANCIS BACON Knowledge bloweth up, but charity buildeth up.
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FRANCIS BACON If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us.
FRANCIS BACON So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top. [Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virg...
FRANCIS BACON States are great engines moving slowly.
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FRANCIS BACON Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
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FRANCIS BACON Ask counsel of both timesof the ancient time what is best, and of the latter time what is fittest.
FRANCIS BACON Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons did bury their f...
FRANCIS BACON Nay, number itself in armies importeth not much, where the people is of weak courage; for, as Virgil...
FRANCIS BACON He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great ent...
FRANCIS BACON Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things still; for age will not be de...
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FRANCIS BACON Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
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FRANCIS BACON Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
FRANCIS BACON A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
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FRANCIS BACON Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discou...
FRANCIS BACON I hold every man a debtor to his profession.
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FRANCIS BACON Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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FRANCIS BACON We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.
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FRANCIS BACON Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwre...
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FRANCIS BACON For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next age...
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FRANCIS BACON Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize...
FRANCIS BACON Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.
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FRANCIS BACON Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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FRANCIS BACON Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.
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FRANCIS BACON They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.
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FRANCIS BACON A good conscience is a continual feast.
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FRANCIS BACON Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; Adversity is the blessing of the New.
FRANCIS BACON All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either upon an art, or upon a man. - ...
FRANCIS BACON The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man less than a span: In his conception wretched, from the w...
FRANCIS BACON Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increas...
FRANCIS BACON