Francis Bacon

Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature
runs to, the more ought law to read more

Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature
runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

Again men have been kept back as by a kind of enchantment from progress in science by reverence for antiquity, read more

Again men have been kept back as by a kind of enchantment from progress in science by reverence for antiquity, by the authority of men counted great in philosophy, and then by general consent.

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

Acorns were good till bread was found.

Acorns were good till bread was found.