Quotes by Francis Bacon about Man
32 quotes by Francis Bacon about man
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
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A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.
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But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.
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Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.
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For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.
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I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
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If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
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It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
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Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
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The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall, the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
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The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
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