Francis Bacon ( 8 of 168 )
Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
A little philosophy inclineth men's minds to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds to religion.
A little philosophy inclineth men's minds to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds to religion.
Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil
times; and which have much veneratoin, but no read more
Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil
times; and which have much veneratoin, but no rest.
I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
(He) put that which was most material in the postscript.
(He) put that which was most material in the postscript.
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.
A crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures.
A crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures.
I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as
men of course do seek to read more
I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as
men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought
they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a
help and ornament thereunto.
