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Francis Bacon quotes

1561–1626 · English philosopher and statesman

Bacon argued that knowledge should be built on experiment, not authority. His Essays are some of the most quotable prose in English.

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3 quotes traced to Francis Bacon's own work or a reliable witness.

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Knowledge itself is power.

Source: Meditationes Sacrae (1597) ("Ipsa scientia potestas est")

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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

Source: Essays, "Of Studies" (1625)

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Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.

Source: Essays, "Of Seditions and Troubles" (1625)