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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By indignities men come to dignities
Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds
A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it
The cord breaketh at last by the weakest pull
Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and fitter for new projects than for settled business
The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the vicissitude of sects and religions
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel
Money is like muck, not good except it be spread
Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out
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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