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Sir Francis Bacon
 
Date of birth: 22 January 1561
Date of death: 09 April 1626
Country Of Origin: England
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Bacon was born at York House Strand, London. He was the youngest of five sons of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Elizabeth I. His mother, Ann Cooke Bacon was the second wife of Sir Nicholas, a member of the Reformed or Puritan Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.

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" A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. "

Sir Francis Bacon
" By far the best proof is experience. "

Sir Francis Bacon
" Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. "

Sir Francis Bacon
" Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. "

Sir Francis Bacon
" Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home. "

Sir Francis Bacon
" Discretion in speech is more than eloquence. "

Sir Francis Bacon
" He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many. "

Sir Francis Bacon
" Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. "

Sir Francis Bacon
" I have taken all knowledge to be my province. "

Sir Francis Bacon
" If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties. "

Sir Francis Bacon
" In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. "

Sir Francis Bacon
" Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study. "

Sir Francis Bacon
" Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous. "

Sir Francis Bacon
" Read not to contradict and confute, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. "

Sir Francis Bacon
" Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. "

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