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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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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When a traveler returneth home, let him not leave the countries where he hath traveled altogether behind him.
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Come home to men's business and bosoms.
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Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.
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Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.
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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.
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No man is angry that feels not himself hurt
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It was prettily devised of Aesop, ""The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said, what dust do I raise!
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The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes a wrong one. Nay, it is obvious that the more active and swift the latter is the further he will go astray.