Short quotes

Collection of phrases and short quotes to share on your social networks.

Gaston Bachelard

Gaston Bachelard

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The poet's first task is to unmoor within us a substance that wants to dream.

Gaston Bachelard

Gaston Bachelard

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Our life is so full that it acts when we do nothing.

Jim Backus

Jim Backus

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More than one owes their success to their first wife, and their second wife to their success.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The friendship doubles the joys and divides the sorrows in half.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Some books are tasted, others swallowed, and only a few are chewed and digested.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Money is like manure: it's not good unless it's spread around.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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There is nothing that does more harm to a nation than cunning people passing for intelligent.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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In government matters, any change is suspicious, even if it is for the better.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The requirement for success is promptness in decisions.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Without friendship, the world is a desert.