Francis Bacon ( 10 of 168 )
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625.
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625.
The wisdom of our ancestors.
The wisdom of our ancestors.
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
The human understanding is no dry light, but receives infusion from the will and affections; which proceed sciences which may read more
The human understanding is no dry light, but receives infusion from the will and affections; which proceed sciences which may be called "sciences as one would." For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. Therefore he rejects difficult things from impatience of research; sober things, because they narrow hope; the deeper things of nature, from superstition; the light of experience, from arrogance and pride; things not commonly believed, out of deference to the opinion of the vulgar. Numberless in short are the ways, and sometimes imperceptible, in which the affections color and infect the understanding.
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
It is impossible to love and be wise.
It is impossible to love and be wise.
We cannot command nature except by obeying her.
We cannot command nature except by obeying her.
Silence is the virtue of fools.
Silence is the virtue of fools.
Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that
natural fear in children is read more
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.
The human understanding, from its peculiar nature, easily supposes a greater degree of order and regularity in things than it read more
The human understanding, from its peculiar nature, easily supposes a greater degree of order and regularity in things than it really finds.
