Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and fitter for new projects than for settled business.
Francis Bacon Quotes
Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity; and single men, though they be many times more charitable, because their means are less exhaust, yet...they are more cruel and hardhearted (good to make severe inquisitors), because their tenderness is not so oft called upon.
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| Birth: | 22nd January, 1561 |
| Death: | 9th April, 1626 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Philosopher, Scientist, Statesman |
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Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist, and author. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. After his death, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution.
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