Maxioms by Francis Bacon
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.
Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.
All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few
to be chewed and digested.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few
to be chewed and digested.
