Knowledge is power.
-- Francis Bacon (1561-1626), _De Sapientia Veterum._ (1609)
-- Francis Bacon (1561-1626), _De Sapientia Veterum._ (1609)
Related:
- Knowledge is power.
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Francis... - Knowledge is power.
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Sir Francis Bacon (1561... - Knowledge is power.--Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.
Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Meditationes Sacrae,... - Knowledge is
power. ... - The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
Francis... - The desire of power in excess caused angels to fall;
the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall... - For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge)
is an impression of pleasure in itself.
Francis Bacon in Advancement of Learning, I.i... - In charity there is no excess.
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Francis... - There are three parts in truth: first, the inquiry,
which is the wooing of it; secondly, the knowledge...
From the same category:
- I can call spirts from the vasty deep.
Why so can I,
or so can any man; but will they come when you do call... - Silence is a friend who will never betray.
-- Confucius,
(551-479 BC), Chinese sage,... - Suicide is the most sincere form of self
criticism... - It takes a long time to understand nothing.
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Edward... - Misfortune, n.
The kind of fortune that never misses...
