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
desires doth mind raise
Poesy was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind.
doth lay man open question surprise unexpected
A sudden, bold, and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open
delivered delivering disjointed distinct doth free knowledge leave man several turn wit
This delivering of knowledge in distinct and disjointed aphorisms doth leave the wit of man more free to turn and toss, and to make use of that which is so delivered to more several purposes and applications
doth higher shows
He doth like the ape, that the higher he clymbes the more he shows his ars
adversity best discover doth prosperity
Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.
add doth lie mixture pleasure
A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure.
petty self whom
The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self
living
As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.
study
I would live to study, and not study to live.
english-philosopher joys parents
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.
english-philosopher few
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
ceremonies constant divisions evils heathen quarrels rather religion rites unknown
The quarrels and divisions about religion were evils unknown to the heathen. The reason was because the religion of the heathen consisted rather in rites and ceremonies than in any constant belief.
strength
Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he groweth out of use
anchors cases decided laws state
Decided cases are the anchors of the law, as laws are of the state