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A certain spark of truth

A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek to tread it out.

Author Greg RavenPosted on December 5, 2016November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories speechTags Sir Francis Bacon

Knowledge is power

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Author Greg RavenPosted on December 19, 2013December 13, 2022Format QuoteCategories knowledgeTags Sir Francis Bacon

Cunning men

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.

Author Greg RavenPosted on June 20, 2011November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories demagoguesTags Sir Francis Bacon

“Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides.” — Thomas Paine

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