ABOUT FRANCIS BACON
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, Kt, PC, QC (22 January 1561 ¿ 9 April 1626) also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. His works are seen as developing the scientific method and remained influential through the scientific revolution.
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QUOTES SAMPLES
¿There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.¿
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¿In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.¿
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¿He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.¿
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¿Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.¿
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¿A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.¿
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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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¿Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.¿