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
philosophical writing men
We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.
mean men confusion
It is by discourse that men associate; and words are imposed according to the apprehension of the vulgar. And therefore the ill and unfit choice of words wonderfully obsesses the understanding. Nor do the definitions or explanations, wherewith in some things learned men are wont to guard and defend themselves, by any means set the matter right. But words plainly force and overrule the understanding, and throw all into confusion, and lead men away into innumerable and inane controversies and fancies.
real conceited use
Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit.
riches spending
Riches are for spending.
death dying natural
It is natural to die as to be born.
spiritual journey maturity
Journeys at youth are part of the education; but at maturity, are part of the experience.
law understanding mind
Since my logic aims to teach and instruct the understanding, not that it may with the slender tendrils of the mind snatch at and lay hold of abstract notions (as the common logic does), but that it may in very truth dissect nature, and discover the virtues and actions of bodies, with their laws as determined in matter; so that this science flows not merely from the nature of the mind, but also from the nature of things.
friendship men giving
The greatest trust between man and man is the trust of giving counsel.
strong integrity practice
It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.
execution blind danger
Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution.
funny family important
Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground.
revenge grief passion
There is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death . . . Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honor aspireth to it; grief flieth to it.
death home ready
Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.
inspirational children mistake
You cannot teach a child to take care of himself unless you will let him try to take care of himself. He will make mistakes and out of these mistakes will come his wisdom.