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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Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.
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Cato said the best way to keep good acts in memory was to refresh them with new.
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The best preservative to keep the mind on health is the faithful admonition of a friend.
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Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
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The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.
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The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a number of smaller stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together; so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate
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The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument.
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Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
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Prosperity is not without many fears and distaste; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.