Famous quotes

Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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When danger seems light, it ceases to be light.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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I have preferred to study books rather than men.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Choosing one's own time is gaining time.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Discretion is a virtue, without which the others cease to be so.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The time is the measure of business, just as money is the measure of goods.

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.

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.

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.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The antiquity of time is the youth of the world.

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.