Francis Bacon

Empiricism, scientific method

Early Modern influential 162 sayings

Sayings by Francis Bacon

It were better to be a dog and bay the moon, than such a Roman.

1593 (approx) — Speech in Parliament (often misattributed or misremembered as Shakespeare)
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The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.

1624 (published) — Apothegms, 287
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