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“Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.”

Francis Bacon, Sr. quotes (English Lawyer and Philosopher. 1561-1626)

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“Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it”

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“If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.”

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“Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to weigh and consider . . . Histories make men wise.”

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“Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.”

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“Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.”

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“The best preservative to keep the mind on health is the faithful admonition of a friend.”

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“Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.”

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“Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.”

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“Man, being the servant and interpreter of nature, can do and understand so much and so much only as he has observed in fact or in thought of the course of nature: beyond this he neither knows anything nor can do anything.”

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“Silence is the virtue of fools.”

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