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
truth pleasure standing
No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth.
strength believe men
Men seem neither to understand their riches nor their strength. Of the former they believe greater things than they should; of the latter, less.
truth answers said
What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.
strong science doctors
Doctor Johnson said, that in sickness there were three things that were material; the physician, the disease, and the patient: and if any two of these joined, then they get the victory; for, Ne Hercules quidem contra duos [Not even Hercules himself is a match for two]. If the physician and the patient join, then down goes the disease; for then the patient recovers: if the physician and the disease join, that is a strong disease; and the physician mistaking the cure, then down goes the patient: if the patient and the disease join, then down goes the physician; for he is discredited.
change matter certain
That things are changed, and that nothing really perishes, and that the sum of matter remains exactly the same, is sufficiently certain.
confidence responsibility men
Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
eye understanding vision
The eye of understanding is like the eye of the sense; for as you may see great objects through small crannies or levels, so you may see great axioms of nature through small and contemptible instances.
science discovery new-work
It cannot be that axioms established by argumentation should avail for the discovery of new works, since the subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of argument. But axioms duly and orderly formed from particulars easily discover the way to new particulars, and thus render sciences active.
heart light hue
All of our actions take their hue from the complexion of the heart, as landscapes their variety from light.
men lame judo
The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes the wrong one.
men mind doubt
Suspicions that the mind, of itself, gathers, are but buzzes; but suspicions that are artificially nourished and put into men's heads by the tales and whisperings of others, have stings.
twilight bird doubt
Suspicion amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they never fly by twilight.
conscience
A good conscience is a continual feast.
revenge men green
A man who contemplates revenge keeps his wounds green.