Francis Bacon Quotes - Page 8

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• Money is a good servant, a dangerous master.

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  Money, Wealth, Masters

  "De Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarum". Book by Francis Bacon, Book Six, 1623.

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• In all superstition wise men follow fools.

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  Wise, Men, Superstitions

  1625 Essays, no.17,'Of Superstition'.

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• If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

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  Science, Math, Men

  Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1821). “A critique of Bacon's "Novum Organum," by Basil Montagu, extracted from the Retrospective Review, 1821. Few MS. notes”, p.285

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• God's first creature, which was light.

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  Light, Firsts, Evolution

  'New Atlantis' (1627)

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• If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.

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  Kindness, Men, Grace

  Essays "Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature" (1625)

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• A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

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  Atheist, Philosophy, Men

  Essays "Of Atheism" (1625)

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• There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.

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  Knowledge, Concurrence

  Francis Bacon (1873). “The Advancement of Learning”, p.219

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• Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.

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  Fire, May, Fame

  Francis Bacon (1765). “The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes”, p.627

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• Mysteries are due to secrecy.

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  Mystery, Secrecy, Dues

  Francis Bacon (1838). “The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay”, p.265

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• Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.

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  Humanity, Divinity, Poor

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• Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

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  Death, Fear, Children

  Essays "Of Death" (1625)

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• Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason

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  Exercise, Men, Return

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• Ill Fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.

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  Fate, Men, Fortune

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• Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

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  Inspirational, Children, Reality

  'Essays' (1625) 'Of Parents and Children'

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

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  Life, Nature, Travel

  'The Advancement of Learning' (1605) bk. 2, ch. 7, sect. 5

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• When I paint I am ageless, I just have the pleasure or the difficulty of painting.

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  Passion, Painting, Pleasure

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• Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

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  Stones, Rich, Virtue

  'Essays' (1625) 'Of Beauty'

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• To spend too much time in studies is sloth.

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  Sloth, Too Much, Study

  'Essays' (1625) 'Of Studies'

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• The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend.

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  Real, Faithful, Mind

  Francis Bacon (2016). “Essays”, p.64, Jazzybee Verlag

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• The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

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  Genius, Spirit, Wit

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• Books will speak plain when counselors blanch.

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  Book, Speak, Counselor

  "The Essays: Or Councils, Civil & Moral, of Francis Bacon".

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• Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.

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  Strength, Armor, Fortitude

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• He that cometh to seek after knowledge, with a mind to scorn, shall be sure to find matter for his humour, but no matter for his instruction.

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  Knowledge, Mind, Matter

  Francis Bacon (1765). “The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes”, p.162

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• The true bounds and limitations, whereby human knowledge is confined and circumscribed,... are three: the first, that we do not so place our felicity in knowledge, as we forget our mortality: the second, that we make application of our knowledge, to give ourselves repose and contentment, and not distates or repining: the third, that we do not presume by the contemplation of Nature to attain to the mysteries of God.

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  Knowledge, Giving, Contentment

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• Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.

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  Green Plants, Giving, Needs

  Francis Bacon (1765). “The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes”, p.579

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