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Francis Bacon

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We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.


— Francis Bacon


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What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.


— Francis Bacon


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When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.


— Francis Bacon


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The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.


— Francis Bacon


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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.


— Francis Bacon


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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.


— Francis Bacon


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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.


— Francis Bacon


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It is impossible to love and to be wise.


— Francis Bacon


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A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.


— Francis Bacon


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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.


— Francis Bacon


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About Francis Bacon

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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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