Francis Bacon Quotes
Browse 9 quotes from Francis Bacon, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.”
“A healthy body is a guest-chamber for the soul; a sick body is a prison.”
“Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to weigh and consider.”
“Knowledge is power.”
“Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.”
“A man is but what he knows.”
“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.”
“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”
“All rising to a great place is by a winding stair.”
