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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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It is impossible to love and to be wise.


— Francis Bacon


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Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.


— Francis Bacon


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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.


— 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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If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.


— Francis Bacon


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Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.


— 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


#apply #evils #expect #greatest #innovator

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.


— Francis Bacon


#green #his #keeps #man #own

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.


— Francis Bacon


#choose #habit #life #make #most






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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