Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon: The world's a...

Francis Bacon: The world's a...

The world's a bubble; and the life of man,
Less than a span.


Source: The...

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Francis Bacon: But men must...

Francis Bacon: But men must...

But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be...

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Francis Bacon: The fortune which...

Francis Bacon: The fortune which...

The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.

Source: In The...

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Francis Bacon: All rising to...

Francis Bacon: All rising to...

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

Source: Of Great Place
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Francis Bacon: The best armor...

Francis Bacon: The best armor...

The best armor is to keep out of gunshot.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Francis Bacon: What then remains,...

Francis Bacon: What then remains,...

What then remains, but that we still should cry,
Not to be born, or being born, to die?


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Francis Bacon: All good moral...

Francis Bacon: All good moral...

All good moral philosophy is but the handmaid to religion.

Source: The Advancement...

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Francis Bacon: God's first creature,...

Francis Bacon: God's first creature,...

God's first creature, which was light.

Source: New Atlantis, sct. 14, 1627.
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Francis Bacon: When he wrote...

Francis Bacon: When he wrote...

When he wrote a letter, he would put that which was most material in the postscript, as if it had been a...

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Francis Bacon: For knowledge itself...

Francis Bacon: For knowledge itself...

For knowledge itself is power.

Source: Religious Meditations, `Of Heresies'
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Francis Bacon: Who then to...

Francis Bacon: Who then to...

Who then to frail mortality shall trust,
But limns the water, or but writes in dust.


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Francis Bacon: For all knowledge...

Francis Bacon: For all knowledge...

For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure in...

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Francis Bacon: For it is...

Francis Bacon: For it is...

For it is not possible to join serpentine wisdom with columbine innocency, except men know exactly all the conditions...

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Francis Bacon: If we do...

Francis Bacon: If we do...

If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us.

Source: Speech for...

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Francis Bacon: Fortunes . ....

Francis Bacon: Fortunes . ....

Fortunes . . . come tumbling into some men's laps.

Source: The Advancement of...

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Francis Bacon: Universities incline wits...

Francis Bacon: Universities incline wits...

Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.

Source: Valerius Terminus...

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Francis Bacon: Lucid intervals and...

Francis Bacon: Lucid intervals and...

Lucid intervals and happy pauses.

Source: The History of the Reign of King Henry...

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Francis Bacon: Choose the life...

Francis Bacon: Choose the life...

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

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Francis Bacon: The poets did...

Francis Bacon: The poets did...

The poets did well to conjoin Music And Medicine in Apollo: because the office of medicine is but to tune this curious...

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Francis Bacon: Just as it...

Francis Bacon: Just as it...

Just as it is always said of slander that something always sticks when people boldly slander, so it might be said of...

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