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
men self vanity
There is no such flatterer as is a man's self.
knowledge knowing essentials
The essential form of knowledge... is nothing but a representation of truth: for the truth of being and the truth of knowing are one, differing no more than the direct beam and the beam reflected.
wise men fool
In all superstition wise men follow fools.
rebellion worst belly
Rebellions of the belly are the worst.
men looks blind
Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.
speed secrecy
There is no secrecy comparable to celerity.
fire sparks revolution
If there be fuel prepared, it is hard to tell whence the spark shall come that shall set it on fire.
stones rich virtue
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
inspirational learning thinking
People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.
art modesty wells
Excusations, cessions, modesty itself well governed, are but arts of ostentation.
superstitions avoiding
There is superstition in avoiding superstition.
latin disease remedy
The remedy is worse than the disease.
virtue crushed
Virtue is like precious odours,-most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.
death children science
It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other.