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Biography - Francis Bacon:

English philosopher and statesman.
Born: 1561 - Died: 1626
Period:
17th century
16th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Francis Bacon - Essays


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Quote source: Essays

Internet Archive - The essays or Counsels, civil and moral of Francis Bacon (en) 



A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.


Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
L'homme sage se crée plus d'opportunités qu'il n'en trouve.
Francis Bacon - Essais

German
Der Weise schafft mehr Möglichkeiten, als er findet.
Francis Bacon - Essays



See also 

See also...



There are no accidents so unfortunate from which skilful men will not draw some advantage, nor so fortunate that foolish men will not turn them to their hurt.
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Out of clutter find simplicity ; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Albert Einstein

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

To the poet, to the philosopher, to the saint, all things are friendly and sacred, all events profitable, all days holy, all men divine.
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Essays

There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.
Euripides



Quotes for: sage


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Quotes for: sage


Even for the wise, the desire for glory is the last of all passions to be laid aside.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus / 





From the faults of another a wise man will correct his own.
Publilius Syrus - Sentences / 





It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims / 





Those who live without madness are not as wise as they think.
François de La Rochefoucauld / 





The wise man is rich
Quintus Horatius Flaccus / 





A wise man will be master of his mind. A fool will be its slave.
Publilius Syrus / 






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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
Francis Bacon - Novum organum / 





Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
Francis Bacon / 





Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is no comparison, no envy.
Francis Bacon / 





If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.
Francis Bacon / 





Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
Francis Bacon / 





Knowledge is power.
Francis Bacon / 







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