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Letter "F" » Francis Bacon, Sr. Quotes
«Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason»
«If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.»
«Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to weigh and consider . . . Histories make men wise.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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History,
Reading
| Keywords:
confute, confuted, confutes, confuting, contradict, Histories, take for, take for granted, weigh
«Knowledge and human power are synonymous»
«Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Hope
| Keywords:
breakfast, my supper, supper, suppers
«Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.»
«Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Magic
| Keywords:
magical, Secrets of, unlearned
«The pleasure and delight of knowledge and learning, it far surpasseth all other in nature»
«It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
God,
Greatness
| Keywords:
frailties, frailty, One The
«There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.»
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