Francis Bacon
English philosopher and statesman
Lived from: 1561 - 1626
Category: Politics | Philosophers Country: United Kingdom
Born: 1 february 1561 Died: 19 april 1626
Quotes 21 till 40 of 188.
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Anger makes dull men witty - but it keeps them poor.
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As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.
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Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of man.
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Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.
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Be so true to thyself as thou be not false to others.
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Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution.
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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By far the best proof is experience.
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By indignities men come to dignities.
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Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.
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Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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Consistency is the foundation of virtue.
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Cure the disease and kill the patient.
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Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.
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Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things still; for age will not be defied.
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Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.
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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.
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Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
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For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
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