They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. — Francis Bacon
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
1605
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Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 2, ch. 2, sect. 5.
Original citation
Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 2, ch. 7, sect. 5.
