Sir Francis Bacon Quotes

Sir Francis Bacon Quotes

Sir Francis Bacon Quotes

Consider the following quotes by 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."

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

"Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt."

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention."

"Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other."

"Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to the more ought law to weed it out."

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

"Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man."

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