If we begin with certainties, we will end in doubt. But if we begin with doubts and bear them patiently, we may end in certainty.
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For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.Francis Bacon
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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
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Just as it is always said of slander that something always sticks when people boldly slander, so it might be said of self-praise (if it is not entirely shameful and ridiculous) that if we praise ourselves fearlessly, something will always stick.
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