Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban PC KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He served both as Attorney General and a...
As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time. Francis Bacon
As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.
The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied. Francis Bacon
The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. Francis Bacon
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. Francis Bacon
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.
That things are changed, and that nothing really perishes, and that the sum of matter remains exactly the same, is sufficiently certain Francis Bacon
That things are changed, and that nothing really perishes, and that the sum of matter remains exactly the same, is sufficiently certain