Francis Bacon Quotes

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Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution.
- Francis Bacon

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Boldness is a child of ignorance.
- Francis Bacon

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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed on and digested.
- Francis Bacon

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Dreams, and predictions of astrology…. ought to serve but for winter talk by the fireside.
- Francis Bacon

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Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.
- Francis Bacon

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Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
- Francis Bacon

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It is impossible to love and to be wise.
- Francis Bacon

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Friendship redouble th joys, and cut griefs in half.
- Francis Bacon

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The best preservative to keep the mind on health is the faithful admonition of a friend.
- Francis Bacon

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The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our neighbors.
- Francis Bacon

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Money is a good servant but a bad master.
- Francis Bacon

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Custom is the principle magistrate of man’s life.
- Francis Bacon

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A prudent question is one half of wisdom.
- Francis Bacon

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