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
begin force men notions side themselves
Men on their side must force themselves for a while to by their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts.
business measure time
Measure not dispatch by the time of sitting, but by the advancement of business
man nature
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. In everything man has accomplished, we have only manipulated nature into doing what it is.
haste lose move nature
Nature is a labyrinth in which the very haste you move with will make you lose your way.
essays
My essays . . . come home, to men's business, and bosoms.
bad good money
Money makes a good servant, but a bad master.
except good money
Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.
friendly love maketh
Nuptial love maketh mankind; friendly love perfecteth it; but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it.
believe call hill people stood wit
Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him ... when the hill stood still, he was never a wit abashed, but said, 'If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.'
believe call hill people stood
Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him . . . when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, 'If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.'
compensate console given humor humorous imagination man
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is
compensate console given humor imagination man
Imagination was given man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
double single
What is it then to have or have no wife, / But single thraldom, or a double strife?
cannot reads sleeping thoughts
We cannot too often think there is a never sleeping eye, which reads the heart, and registers our thoughts