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Francis Bacon

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.


— Francis Bacon


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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.


— Francis Bacon


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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.


— Francis Bacon


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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.


— Francis Bacon


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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.


— Francis Bacon


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Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.


— Francis Bacon


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Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.


— Francis Bacon


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Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.


— Francis Bacon


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Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.


— Francis Bacon


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Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.


— Francis Bacon


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About Francis Bacon

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Did you know about Francis Bacon?

In 1588 he became MP for Liverpool and then for Middlesex in 1593. For the next three years he visited Blois Poitiers Tours Italy and Spain. For two years he worked quietly at Gray's Inn until he was admitted as an outer barrister in 1582.

Although his political career ended in disgrace he remained extremely influential through his works especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution. AlbanKt. He famously died by contracting pneumonia while studying the effects of freezing on the preservation of meat bringing him into a rare historical group of scientists who were killed by their own experiments.

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