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
science experience belief
By far the best proof is experience.
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If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.
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A little science estranges a man from God; a lot of science brings him back.
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The best armor is to keep out of gunshot.
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Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
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If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.
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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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Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
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The worst men often give the best advice.
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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
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If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
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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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If I sit and daydream, the images rush by like a succession of colored slides.
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The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.