Francis Bacon Quotes About Power

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  • Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

  • The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

  • The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.

    Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1841). “The works of Francis Bacon, lord chancellor of England”, p.534
  • It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

    Francis Bacon (1778). “The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England: In Five Volumes”, p.459
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Francis Bacon

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