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
work want excitement
As you work, the mood grows on you. There are certain images which suddenly get hold of me and I really want to do them. But it's true to say that the excitement and possibilities are in the working and obviously can only come in the working.
age decay ciphers
He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers [zeros], is the decay of the whole age.
thinking errors understanding
It is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives
sacrifice support understanding
The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down... forces everything else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although more cogent and abundant instances may exist to the contrary, yet it either does not observe them or it despises them, or it gets rid of and rejects them by some distinction, with violent and injurious prejudice, rather than sacrifice the authority of its first conclusions.
dark arrows coward
Base and crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth in the dark.
men history mind
Because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and events greater and more heroical.
god wire weight
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
politics moral fierce
It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.
stars philosophy light
Philosophers make imaginary laws for imaginary commonwealths, and their discourses are as the stars, which give little light because they are so high.
inspirational strength graduation
Knowledge is power.
people common praise
Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous.
life-is easy ability
Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.
philosophy atheism spirituality
Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.
money littles use
Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.