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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I. Bacon is best known for developing the empirical method, which laid the groundwork for modern scientific inquiry. ... show more

quote icon They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.

- Francis Bacon

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quote icon Nature to be commanded must be obeyed.

- Francis Bacon

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

- Francis Bacon

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quote icon It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep be.

- Francis Bacon

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quote icon A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

- Francis Bacon

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quote icon Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.

- Francis Bacon

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quote icon A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

- Francis Bacon

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quote icon By far the best proof is experience.

- Francis Bacon

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quote icon Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study.

- Francis Bacon

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quote icon “Nature to be commanded must be obeyed.”

- Francis Bacon

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quote icon It is a false assertion that the sense of man is the measure of things. On the contrary, all perceptions as well of the sense as of the mind are according to the measure of the individual and not according to the measure of the universe. Human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.

- Francis Bacon

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