Quote of Francis Bacon - Truth is the daughter of time...

Biography - Francis Bacon:

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

Quote

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.”
Francis Bacon - Novum organum

Note

"For rightly is truth called the daughter of time, not of authority."

Source: Novum organum:

Internet Archive - The Works of Francis Bacon - Translation of the Novum Organum (en)

Wikisource - Novum Organum by Francis Bacon - Book I (en)

Internet Archive - Opervm moralivm et civilivm (la)

Wikisource - Œuvres de Bacon - Nouvel Organum (fr)

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

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Translation

(French, German, Italian, Latin)

La vérité est la fille du temps et non de l'autorité.”
Francis Bacon - Novum organum

Die Wahrheit ist die Tochter der Zeit, nicht der Autorität.”
Francis Bacon - Novum organum

La verità è figlia del tempo, non dell'autorità.”

Recte enim Veritas Temporis filia dicitur, non auctoritatis.”

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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.”
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It takes a long time to become young.”
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.”
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Quotes for: truth:

Love truth, but pardon error.”
Voltaire - Discourse in Verse on Man - on Freedom

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

The language of truth is simple.”
Seneca - Epistulae morales ad Lucilium

Conformity of the intellect to the things.”
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Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.”
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To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.”
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.”
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Knowledge is power.”
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If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.”
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