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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Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.
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You cannot teach a child to take care of himself unless you will let him try to take care of himself. He will make mistakes and out of these mistakes will come his wisdom.
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The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are.
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There is a cunning which we in England call "the turning of the cat" in the pan; which is, when that which a man says to another, he says it as if another had said it to him.
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Medical men do not know the drugs they use, nor their prices.
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It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear.
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The place of justice is a hallowed place.
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Vices of the time; vices of the man.
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Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen.
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A graceful and pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.
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Ill Fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.
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A good name is like precious ointment ; it filleth all round about, and will not easily away; for the odors of ointments are more durable than those of flowers.
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When I paint I am ageless, I just have the pleasure or the difficulty of painting.
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All colours will agree in the dark.