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
counsel execution good great unless
In counsel it is good to see dangers; but in execution not to see them unless they be very great
admired either great
All things are admired either because they are new or because they are great
conceit except great rest riches
Of great riches there is no real use, except in the distribution; the rest is but conceit
great men servants sovereign
Men in great place are thrice servants, - servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business.
great laid mouth rest three
Like strawberry wives, that laid two or three great strawberries at the mouth of their pot, and all the rest were little ones.
great laid mouth rest three
Like the strawberry wives, that laid two or three great strawberries at the mouth of their pot, and all the rest were little ones.
great rising
All rising to a great place is by a winding stair
great places rising
All rising to great places is by a winding stair.
cannot discovery greater nature since subtlety suffice
Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument.
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.