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Famous Quotes By Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626) was an English statesman, philosopher and essayist.

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Be so true to thyself, as thou be not false to others.

Beauty is like a rich stone, best plain set.

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

I would live to study and not study to live.

There is a superstition in avoiding superstition.

To choose time is to save time.

Houses are built to live in and not to look on.

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, then to know little - Francis Bacon

Cure the disease and kill the patient.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

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Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of consequences.

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