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Biography - Francis Bacon:

English philosopher and statesman.
Born: 1561 - Died: 1626
Period:
17th century
16th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

Science is but an image of the truth.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
La science n'est autre chose qu'une image de la vérité.

German
Die Wissenschaft ist nichts als das Abbild der Wahrheit.




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Quotes for: truth


Quotes

Quotes for: truth


To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.





Love truth, but pardon error.





Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.





The language of truth is simple.





Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.





Truth prevails only to the extent that we successfully assert it. The victory of reason can only be the victory of rational people.











Quotes for: science


Quotes

Quotes about science:


Science without conscience is only ruin of the soul.





The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.





Poetry is related to philosophy as experience is related to empirical science.





Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.





Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.





Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.











Quotes

Francis Bacon also said...


A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.





Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.





Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.





Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is no comparison, no envy.





Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.





Knowledge is power.












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