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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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