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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Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends, but he joyeth the more; and no man that imparteth his grieves to his friend, but he grieveth the less.
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There be three things which make a nation great and prosperous: a fertile soil, busy workshops, easy conveyance for men and goods from place to place
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There be that can pack the cards, and yet cannot play well.
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Who then to frail mortality shall trust,/ But limns the water, or but writes in dust.
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Who then to frail mortality shall trust but limns on water, or but writes in dust
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Truth arises more readily from error than from confusion.
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But men must know, that in this theater of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on
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It is a true rule that love is ever rewarded, either with the reciproque or with an inward and secret contempt.
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No body can be healthful without exercise, neither natural body nor politic, and certainly, to a kingdom or estate, a just and honourable war is the true exercise.
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Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.
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They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.
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Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
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New nobility is but the act of power, but ancient nobility is the act of time.
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The noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men.