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
order understanding world
The human understanding of its own nature is prone to suppose the existence of more order and regularity in the world than it finds.
knowledge concurrence
There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.
travel school journey
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
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Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.
potatoes valuable ancestor
They who derive their worth from their ancestors resemble potatoes, the most valuable part of which is underground.
god exercise intelligent
God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.
retirement wine old-friends
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
life success time
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.
life art winning
The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.