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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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
Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses
The folly of one man is the fortune of another
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and Adversity is not without comforts and hopes
I would live to study, and not study to live
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend
A man's own observation, what he find good of, and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health
Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue
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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