Quotes by Francis Bacon

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations...

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For also knowledge itself is power.

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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom...

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

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Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

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

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Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural...

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Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of...

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Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.

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Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

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Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture...

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It is natural to die as to be born.

#Francis Bacon