Francis Bacon: Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh an

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to — Francis Bacon

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.

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Antiquitas saeculi juventus mundi. — Francis Bacon
Sir Amice Pawlet, when he saw too much haste made in any matter, was wont to say — Francis Bacon
States as great engines move slowly. — Francis Bacon
The sun, which passeth through pollutions and itself remains as pure as before. — Francis Bacon
His Geometry is not easy reading. An edition appeared subsequently with notes by — René Descartes
My books I'd fain cast off, I cannot read, 'Twixt every page my thoughts go stra — Henry David Thoreau
Never read any book that is not a year old. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The hand that writes must always try to ignore the reading eye. — Jules Renard
Never Explain—your Friends do not need it and your Enemies will not believe you — Elbert Hubbard
Ah, but ignorance is better. At least then there's hope. — Anton Chekhov
There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and si — Anton Chekhov
What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegan — Jane Austen