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Francis Bacon Quotes:

Ocupation: Former Lord Chancellor

Life: January 22, 1561 - April 9, 1626

Birthday: January 22

Death: April 9

There was a young man in Rome that was very like Augustus Caesar; Augustus took knowledge of it and sent for the man, and asked him "Was your mother never at Rome?" He answered "No Sir; but my father was."

- Francis Bacon

source: Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1850). “The works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England”, p.113

topic: Mother, Father, Knowledge, Augustus, Augustus Caesar

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