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 science scientist
Science is but an image of the truth.
inspirational life choices
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
nature changing-environment conservation
We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.
power men self
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
change easier great-change
Great changes are easier than small ones.
atheist philosophy men
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
men medicine office
The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, in Apollo, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious harp of man's body and reduce it to harmony.
beauty infinite sensible
Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.
masters servant ifs
If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
knowledge men relief
Knowledge is a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
cat shore ifs
A cat will never drown if she sees the shore.
fate men well-known
It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
funny laughter humor
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
life education teacher
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.