Maxioms by Francis Bacon
As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.
As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.
Constancy is the foundation of virtue.
Constancy is the foundation of virtue.
A man is but what he knows.
A man is but what he knows.
There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.
There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.
So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga read more
So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga sive bacillum vere superius
inflexum sit.]
