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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Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, and fitter for new projects than for settled business.
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Measure not dispatch by the time of sitting, but by the advancement of business
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People of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon and seldom drive business home to it's conclusion, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
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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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Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
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Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.
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Come home to men's business and bosoms.
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In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.
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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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Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.
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The best preservative to keep the mind on health is the faithful admonition of a friend.
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If money be not they servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.