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Francis Bacon

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People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.


— Francis Bacon


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People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.


— Francis Bacon


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Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.


— Francis Bacon


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Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.


— Francis Bacon


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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.


— Francis Bacon


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Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.


— Francis Bacon


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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.


— 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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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.


— Francis Bacon


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Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.


— 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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