About Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, 1st Lord Verulam, PC (; 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I. Bacon argued the importance of natural philosophy, guided by scientific method, and...
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You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.
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Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
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You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.