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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If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted
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It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man's judgment
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The mold of our fortunes is in our own hands.
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It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.
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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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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
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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.
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Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.