確信をもって始めれば、疑念で終わる。だが疑念の中で始めることを厭わなければ、人は確信をもって終わるだろう。 - フランシス・ベーコン (1561 - 1626)
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If a man will begin in certainties he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin in doubts he shall end in certainties. - Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
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![IMAGE: The biter is bit. [The biter is sometimes bit.] / Many go for wool and come back shorn. [Many go out for wool and come home shorn.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/skull-476740_640-100x66.jpg)
![IMAGE: An honest man's word is as good as his bond. [An honest man is as good as his word.] / A warrior never goes back on his word.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/binding-contract-948442_640-100x67.jpg)
