Quote by Francis Bacon
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; na

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. – Francis Bacon

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This is the foundation of all. We are not to imagine or suppose, but to discover, what nature does or may be made to do. – Francis Bacon

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Once you get into this great stream of history, you cant get out. – Richard M. Nixon

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But every historical statement and legitimization itself moves within a certain relation to history. – Martin Heidegger

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Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both. – C. Wright Mills

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