"In dealing with cunning persons, we must ever consider their ends, to interpret their speeches; and it is good to say little to them, and that which they least look for."

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Francis Bacon was an English philosopher and statesman living in the 16th century. He is the father of empiricism, in which he argues that scientific knowledge can only be inferred from inductive reasoning and careful observation.

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" Silence is the virtue of a fool. "
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" A wise man will make more opportunities, than he finds. "
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" Base and crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth in the dark. "
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" Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. "
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" Money is like muck, not good except it be spread. "
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" Nature is often hidden; sometimes overcome; seldom extinguished. "
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" There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise. "
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" Knowledge itself is power. "
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" Nothing is terrible except fear itself. "
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" Who then to frail mortality shall trust "
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" Not to be born, or, being born, to die? "
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" The world's a bubble, and the life of man "
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" Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books. "
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" In my judgment all the received systems are but so many stage plays, representing worlds o... "
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" Come home to men's business and bosoms. "
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" Hurl your calumnies boldly; something is sure to stick. "
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" Truth therefore and utility are here the very same thing "
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" Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home. "
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" Nuptial love maketh mankind, friendly love perfecteth it, but wonton love corrupteth and e... "
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