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
race earth crime
All the crimes on earth do not destroy so many of the human race, nor alienate so much property, as drunkenness.
moving government states
States are great engines moving slowly.
government empires wands
So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
dog men generosity
Mark what a generosity and courage (a dog) will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God
fool fortune darling
Fortune makes him fool, whom she makes her darling.
kings son too-much
That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath somewhat the nature of a woman, that if she be too much wooed she is the farther off.
philosophy men progress
Again men have been kept back as by a kind of enchantment from progress in science by reverence for antiquity, by the authority of men counted great in philosophy, and then by general consent.
men age decay
He that seeketh to be eminent amongst able men hath a great task; but that is ever good for the public. But he that plots to be the only figure amongst ciphers is the decay of a whole age.
causes knows
To know truly is to know by causes.
men hatred secret
For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and aversation towards society in any man, hath somewhat of the savage beast.
men society
Man was formed for society.
way suits secrecy
Secrecy in suits goes a great way towards success.
mean sanity splendid
For whatever deserves to exist deserves also to be known, for knowledge is the image of existence, and things mean and splendid exist alike.
revenge men enemy
In revenge a man is but even with his enemy; for it is a princely thing to pardon, and Solomon saith it is the glory of a man to pass over a transgression.