Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban PC KCwas an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He served both as Attorney General and as 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...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth21 January 1561
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A just fear of an imminent danger, though be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war.
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The virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude.
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There are many wise men that have secret hearts and transparent countenances.
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A bad man is worse when he pretends to be a saint.
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The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
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It was a high speech of Seneca that "The good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished, but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired."
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Truth can never be reached by just listening to the voice of an authority.
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They that reverence to much old times are but a scorn to the new.
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Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.
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Money is a good servant, a dangerous master.
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A much talking judge is an ill-tuned cymbal.
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It has well been said that the arch-flatterer, with whom all petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.
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The errors of young men are the ruin of business, but the errors of aged men amount to this, that more might have been done, or sooner.
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The light that a man receives by counsel from another is drier and purer than that which comes from his own understanding and judgment, which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs.