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Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash.

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    Francis Bacon about Wisdom

    Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

    silence sleep nourishes wisdom
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    Quotes By Francis Bacon

    • Wisdom

      A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

    • Truth

      What is truth? said jesting Pilate and would not stay for an answer.

    • Truth

      Truth is so hard to tell it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

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    • August Wilson

      I know I got to eat. But I got to live too.

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      The best and most beautiful things in the world...

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      Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but...

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