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
lunch-break cooking-dinner breakfast
A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.
forgiveness revenge anger
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
life change philosophical
Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.
love wise wisdom
It is impossible to love and to be wise.
character men mind
Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.
nature understanding subtlety
The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.
math men littles
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again.
light firsts evolution
God's first creature, which was light.
inspirational life nature
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
autumn garden years
There ought to be gardens for all months in the year, in which, severally, things of beauty may be then in season.
body cleanliness reverence
For cleanness of body was ever esteemed to proceed from a due reverence to God, to society, and to ourselves.
daughter mother time
Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
nature science overcoming
Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
men judging merit
Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.