Quotes by Francis Bacon with history

Francis Bacon

English philosopher and statesman

Lived from: 1561 - 1626

Category: Politics | Philosophers Country: United Kingdom

Born: 1 february 1561 Died: 19 april 1626

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• Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.

  ― Francis Bacon
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• It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man's judgment.

  ― Francis Bacon
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Subjects in these quotes:

• observations
• conclusions
• represent
• thereupon
• counsels
• judgment

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