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
angels god life men reserved theater
But men must know, that in this theater of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on
less life man
The world 's a bubble, and the life of man less than a span.
atheism heart life man rather
Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man
life birthday age
Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.
life way
It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.
life-is easy ability
Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.
life philosophy men
Such philosophy as shall not vanish in the fume of subtile, sublime, or delectable speculation but shall be operative to the endowment and betterment of man's life.
life nature travel
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
variety-is-the-spice-of-life pleasant variety
Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.
life fall angel
The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but in charity there is no excess; neither can angel nor man come in danger by it.
life change philosophical
Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.
inspirational life nature
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
life angel men
But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.
inspirational life choices
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.