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Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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A young person in years can be old in hours, if they have not wasted time.

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Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The discoveries already achieved are due to chance and common experience rather than to science.

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Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Logic, given the misuse that is made of it, is worth more to stabilize and perpetuate errors cemented on the ground of common ideas than to lead to the discovery of truth.

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Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The antiquity of time is the youth of the world.

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Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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As far as action is concerned, man can do nothing but approach or separate natural bodies; everything else is done by nature.

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Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Nothing induces a man to suspect much like knowing little.

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Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Only by obeying it does one subdue nature.

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Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The states are large machines that move slowly.

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Sir Francis Bacon

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The democracies tend to be more peaceful and are less prone to sedition than the regime ruled by a lineage of nobles.

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Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Knowledge is power.

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Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The sea, by its nature, would be calm and still if the winds did not stir it up and disturb it. In the same way, the people would be calm and docile if speakers and agitators did not stir them up and agitate them.

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Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Little science often keeps one away from God, and much science always leads to Him.

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