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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 1970 |
| AUTHOR: | Francis Bacon (1561–1626) |
| QUOTATION: | Knowledge is power.—Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Meditationes Sacræ. De Hæresibus. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Note 1. A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.—Proverbs xxiv. 5. Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.—Samuel Johnson: Rasselas, chap. xiii. [back] |
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