Francis Bacon

I have taken all knowledge to be my province.

I have taken all knowledge to be my province.

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile;
natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able
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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile;
natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able
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I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.

If I had always served God as I have served you, Madam, I should
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If I had always served God as I have served you, Madam, I should
not have great account to render at my death.

God's first creature, which was light.

God's first creature, which was light.