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396 quotes from Francis Bacon: 'Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.', 'If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.', and 'Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.'
It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity. Francis Bacon. Strong, Integrity, Character.
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The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but in charity there is no excess; neither can angel or man come in danger by it. Francis Bacon: Essays.
Jun 28, 2024 · Quotes about Francis Bacon [ edit ] Knowledge, which is power, knows no limits, either in its enslavement of creation or in its deference to worldly masters. ~ Horkheimer and Adorno
Key Quotations. “Truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the enquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.”. Francis Bacon, Essay, Of Truth.
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Ambition is like choler; which is an humor that maketh men active, earnest, full of alacrity, and stirring, if it be not stopped. But if it be stopped, and cannot have his way, it becometh adust, and thereby malign and venomous. SIR FRANCIS BACON. Source. Tags: Ambition.
