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:: 1561-1626, British Philosopher, Essayist, Statesman |
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People of great position are servants times three, servants of their country, servants of fame, and servants of business.
~ Francis Bacon - [Servants]
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
~ Francis Bacon - [Solitude]
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Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen.
~ Francis Bacon - [Speech]
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There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little, and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more, and not keep their suspicions in smother.
~ Francis Bacon - [Suspicion]
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In thinking, if a person begins with certainties, they shall end in doubts, but if they can begin with doubts, they will end in certainties.
~ Francis Bacon - [Thoughts and Thinking]
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
~ Francis Bacon - [Training]
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It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth... and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below.
~ Francis Bacon - [Truth]
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Truth arises more readily from error than from confusion.
~ Francis Bacon - [Truth]
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What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.
~ Francis Bacon - [Truth]
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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
~ Francis Bacon - [Trying]
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Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.
~ Francis Bacon - [Past]
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Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
~ Francis Bacon - [Patience]
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