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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The Trinitarian believes a virgin to be the mother of a son who is her maker.
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A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure.
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All rising to a great place is by a winding stair
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Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon.
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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
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The quarrels and divisions about religion were evils unknown to the heathen. The reason was because the religion of the heathen consisted rather in rites and ceremonies than in any constant belief.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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The light that a man receiveth by counsel from another is drier and purer than that which cometh from his own understanding and judgment, which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs.
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The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery
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In counsel it is good to see dangers; but in execution not to see them unless they be very great
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In contemplation, if a man begins with certainties he shall end in doubts; but if he be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
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In civil business; what first? Boldness; what second, and third? Boldness. And yet boldness is a child of ignorance and baseness.
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All rising to great places is by a winding stair.
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Opportunity makes a thief.