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
destroy either nature runs therefore water
A man's nature runs either to herbs, or to weeds; therefore let him seasonably water the one, and destroy the other.
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.
haste lose move nature
Nature is a labyrinth in which the very haste you move with will make you lose your way.
man nature
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. In everything man has accomplished, we have only manipulated nature into doing what it is.
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.
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.
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