Francis Bacon
England
22 Jan 1561 // 9 Apr 1626
Philosopher / Statesman / Essayist
22 Jan 1561 // 9 Apr 1626
Philosopher / Statesman / Essayist
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible
Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out
Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool
The worst solitude is to have no real friendships
The worst men often give the best advice
The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays