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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Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.
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The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.
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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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Love and envy make a man pine, which other affections do not, because they are not so continual.
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Judges ought above all to remember the conclusion of the Roman Twelve Tables :The supreme law of all is the weal [weatlh/ well-being] of the people.
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Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
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Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Acorns were good until bread was found.
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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.