Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban PC KCwas an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He served both as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. After his death, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth21 January 1561
life way
It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.
jobs affliction ghost
The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
nature perfect study
Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.
justice next care
Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice.
loss funny-friend men
When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.
genius spirit wit
The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
lying substance deceit
Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.
inspirational children reality
Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.
interesting levels shapes
Painting is a duality and abstract painting is an entirely aesthetic thing. It always remains on one level. It is only really interesting in the beauty of its patterns or its shapes.
order speech speak
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.
perfection trying nervous
I'm just trying to make images as accurately as possible off my nervous system as I can.
photography taken portraits
I've had photographs taken for portraits because I very much prefer working from the photographs than from models... I couldn't attempt to do a portrait from photographs of somebody I didn't know...
love men tragedy
The stage is more beholding to love than the life of man. For as to the stage, love is ever matter of comedies and now and then of tragedies; but in life it doth much mischief, sometimes like a Siren, sometimes like a Fury.
lying men vices
There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious.