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
time-management management innovators
Time is the greatest innovator.
teacher names monument
Out of monuments, names, words proverbs ...and the like, we do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time.
dream men vanity
Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having a delight in such vanities, mark the events where they are fulfilled, but where they fail, though this happen much oftener.
death dying natural
It is natural to die as to be born.
riches spending
Riches are for spending.
friendship men giving
The greatest trust between man and man is the trust of giving counsel.
knowledge men curiosity
Some men covet knowledge out of a natural curiosity and inquisitive temper; some to entertain the mind with variety and delight; some for ornament and reputation; some for victory and contention; many for lucre and a livelihood; and but few for employing the Divine gift of reason to the use and benefit of mankind.
spiritual journey maturity
Journeys at youth are part of the education; but at maturity, are part of the experience.
philosophical writing men
We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.
reflection virtue praise
Praise is the reflection of virtue.
love friendly mankind
Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
strong integrity practice
It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.
adventure errors sea
It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth . . . and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below.
revenge grief passion
There is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death . . . Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honor aspireth to it; grief flieth to it.