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Francis Bacon

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Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.


— Francis Bacon


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Knowledge and human power are synonymous.


— Francis Bacon


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Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.


— Francis Bacon


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Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.


— Francis Bacon


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Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.


— Francis Bacon


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Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.


— Francis Bacon


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Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.


— Francis Bacon


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Rebellions of the belly are the worst.


— Francis Bacon


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Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.


— Francis Bacon


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The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.


— Francis Bacon


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About Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon Quotes




Did you know about Francis Bacon?

In 1588 he became MP for Liverpool and then for Middlesex in 1593. For the next three years he visited Blois Poitiers Tours Italy and Spain. For two years he worked quietly at Gray's Inn until he was admitted as an outer barrister in 1582.

Although his political career ended in disgrace he remained extremely influential through his works especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution. AlbanKt. He famously died by contracting pneumonia while studying the effects of freezing on the preservation of meat bringing him into a rare historical group of scientists who were killed by their own experiments.

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