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Francis Bacon Facts
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Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator and author. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. After his death, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution. (1561 – 1626) |
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Quotes by Francis Bacon
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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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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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
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If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.
Francis Bacon
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Knowledge is power.
Francis Bacon
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Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
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Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.
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Opportunity makes a thief.
Francis Bacon
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Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.
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Science is but an image of the truth.
Francis Bacon
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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
Francis Bacon
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
Francis Bacon
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