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Francis Bacon
Age: 65 †
Born: 1561
Born: January 22
Died: 1626
Died: April 9
Astrologer
Former Lord Chancellor
Judge
Lawyer
Philosopher
Politician
Writer
Francis Bacon Saint Albans
Francis Bacon St. Albans
Franciscus Bacon de Verulamio
Franciscus Baconus de Verulamio
Francis Bacon
1st Viscount St. Alban
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Viscount Saint Alban
Baron of Verulam Bacon
Francis
Viscount St. Albans Verulam
Franciscus Bacon
Francis Bacon de Verulamius
Francis Bacon of Verulam
Francis
Viscount St. Alban
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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Journeys at youth are part of the education but at maturity, are part of the experience.
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It is natural to die as to be born.
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There was never miracle wrought by God to convert an atheist, because the light of nature might have led him to confess a God.
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Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.
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It is madness and a contradiction to expect that things which were never yet performed should be effected, except by means hitherto untried.
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Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like wherein men, having a delight in such vanities, mark the events where they are fulfilled, but where they fail, though this happen much oftener.
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Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground.
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Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. For there is a youth in thoughts, as well as in ages. And yet the invention of young men, is more lively than that of old and imaginations stream into their minds better, and, as it were, more divinely.
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If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.
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If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.
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It is rightly laid down that 'true knowledge is knowledge by causes'. Also the establishment of four causes is not bad: material, formal, efficient and final.
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the serpent if it wants to become the dragon must eat itself.
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For first of all we must prepare a Natural and Experimental History, sufficient and good and this is the foundation of all for we are not to imagine or suppose, but to discover, what nature does or may be made to do.
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The virtue of prosperity is temperance the virtue of adversity is fortitude.
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Human knowledge and human power meet in one for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced. Nature to be commanded must be obeyed and that which in contemplation is as the cause is in operation as the rule.
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I'm just trying to make images as accurately as possible off my nervous system as I can.
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Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.
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To suffering there is a limit to fearing, none.
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