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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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator
Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires
Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom
Friends are thieves of time
Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason
Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse
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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