There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
Francis BaconConstancy is the foundation of virtues
Francis BaconThe general root of superstition : namely, that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass over the other.
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The Idols of Tribe have their foundation in human nature itself, and in the tribe or race of men. For it is a false assertion that the sense of man is the measure of things. On the contrary, all perceptions as well of the sense as of the mind are according to the measure of the individual and not according to the measure of the universe. And the human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.
Francis BaconWonder is the seed of knowledge
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Truth is a naked and open daylight, that does not show the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights. . . A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure
Francis BaconTags: truth lies entertainment
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.
Francis BaconSilence is the virtue of fools.
Francis BaconHe that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
Francis BaconRead not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted ...but to weigh and consider.
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