Francis Bacon

Quotes by Francis Bacon

 

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.

Francis Bacon

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What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.

Francis Bacon

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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

Francis Bacon

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You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.

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Knowledge of the past and of the places of the earth is the ornament and food of the mind of man.

Leonardo da Vinci

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I have always had confidence in my own ability.

Robert Preston

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