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
contrive deep discover dissect fabulous imitation indulge intend nature plan rather sought worlds
For those who intend to discover and to understand, not to indulge in conjectures and soothsaying, and rather than contrive imitation and fabulous worlds plan to look deep into the nature of the real world and to dissect it -- for them everything must be sought in things themselves.
image opened till understanding
For the world is not to be narrowed till it will go into the understanding (which has been done hitherto), but the understanding is to be expanded and opened till it can take in the image of the world
almighty god human purest
God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.
leave remain running stagnant stream sweet thou wisdom
If thou would'st have that stream of hard-earn'd knowledge, of Wisdom heaven-born, remain sweet running waters, thou should'st not leave it to become a stagnant pond.
histories history logic men natural
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
answer elder man men wise
He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question, when a man should marry? 'A young man not yet, an elder man not at all
doth higher shows
He doth like the ape, that the higher he clymbes the more he shows his ars
comparison lost succeeding
There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying.
material wrote
When he wrote a letter, he would put that which was most material in the postscript, as if it had been a by-matter
compensate console given humor humorous imagination man
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is
compensate console given humor imagination man
Imagination was given man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
charity dead goods liberal man rather until weighs
He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it rightly, rather liberal of another man's goods than his own
certainly extreme house nature roast
Certainly it is the nature of extreme self-lovers, as they will set an house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs.
certainly charity heaven mind move poles rest turn
Certainly it is a heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind to move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.