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Francis Bacon
English
January 21, 1561
Philosopher
Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
Francis Bacon
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Nature
Sometimes
Often
Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
Francis Bacon
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Men
More
Than
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
Francis Bacon
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Must
Order
Light
Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
Francis Bacon
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Truth
Make
Hard
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
Francis Bacon
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World
He
Man
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
Francis Bacon
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He
Even
Man
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.
Francis Bacon
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Take
Believe
Read
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
Francis Bacon
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Age
Me
Always
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
Francis Bacon
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Imagination
Humor
He
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
Francis Bacon
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Best
Age
Trust
Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.
Francis Bacon
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Experience
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