Francis Bacon Quotes About Genius

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  • The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

  • Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.

    Francis Bacon (1765). “The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes”, p.579
  • The genius of any single man can no more equal learning, than a private purse hold way with the exchequer.

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    Francis Bacon (2016). “The Advancement of Learning”, p.26, Jazzybee Verlag
  • There is no doubt but men of genius and leisure may carry our method to greater perfection, but, having had long experience, we have found none equal to it for the commodiousness it affords in working with the Understanding.

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    Francis Bacon, Peter Shaw (1733). “The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord High-Chancellor of England: Methodized, and Made English from the Originals, with Occasional Notes, To Explain what is Obscure; and Show how Far the Several PLANS of the AUTHOR, for the Advancement of All the Parts of Knowledge, Have Been Executed to the Present Time”, p.316
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Francis Bacon

  • Born: January 22, 1561
  • Died: April 9, 1626
  • Occupation: Former Lord Chancellor