Francis Bacon — "Power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts (thou…"

Power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts (though God accept them) yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act; and that cannot be without power and place, as the vantage and commanding ground.
Francis Bacon — Francis Bacon Early Modern · Empiricism, scientific method

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Essays, 'Of Great Place'

Date: 1625

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