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“By far the best proof is experience.”

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Francis Bacon, a renowned philosopher, politician, and writer, served as the Lord Chancellor of England. He is best known for his profound philosophical thoughts and extensive literary works, which have had a lasting impact on the world. more

“Meaning is a shaky edifice we build out of scraps, dogmas, childhood injuries, newspaper articles, chance remarks, old fillms, small victories, people hated, people loved; perhaps it is because our sense of what is the case is constructed from such inadequate materials that we defend it so fiercely, even to death.”

People Chance Cases Childhood Materials Victory Newspapers Hated Injury Articles Dogma Remarks Inadequate Scrap Edifice Small Victories

Author:Salman Rushdie

“......When one loves, one is only too ready to believe one's love returned.”

Believe Ready One Love

Author:Alexandre Dumas

“Sometimes we feel we straddle two cultures; at other times, that we fall between two stools.”

Feels Two Sometimes Fall Culture Stools Two Cultures

Book:Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991

Source: Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991

“For God's sake,' the dog is saying, 'open the universe a little more!”

Littles Universe Dog Sake

Author:Saul Bellow

“You look ridiculous if you dance You look ridiculous if you don't dance So you might as well dance.”

Ifs Wells Looks Might Ridiculous

Book:Three Lives

Source: Three Lives

“There were times Ruma felt closer to her mother in death than she had in life, an intimacy born simply of thinking of her so often, of missing her. But she knew that this was an illusion, a mirage, and that the distance between them was now infinite, unyielding.”

Thinking Mother Felt Born Missing Illusion Infinite Distance Intimacy Mirages Unyielding Missing Her Thinking Of Her

Author:Jhumpa Lahiri

“Twitter is great to connect with fans and be transparent. I enjoy that aspect about it. But really, I'm still trying to figure it out.”

Trying Stills Enjoy Fans Figures Aspect Transparent

Author:Kobe Bryant

“I looked into her eyes. "Mom, who do you pray to?" I just pray, Daniel. That's all.”

Eye Mom Praying Her Eyes

Book:The Dangerous Days of Daniel X

Source: The Dangerous Days of Daniel X

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