Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorWhen danger seems light, it ceases to be light.
Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorI have preferred to study books rather than men.
Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorDeath is the least of all evils.
Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorChoosing one's own time is gaining time.
Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorDiscretion is a virtue, without which the others cease to be so.
Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorA man is no more than what he knows.
Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorThe time is the measure of business, just as money is the measure of goods.
Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorA young person in years can be old in hours, if they have not wasted time.
Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorThe discoveries already achieved are due to chance and common experience rather than to science.
Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorLogic, given the misuse that is made of it, is worth more to stabilize and perpetuate errors cemented on the ground of common ideas than to lead to the discovery of truth.
Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorThe antiquity of time is the youth of the world.
Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorAs far as action is concerned, man can do nothing but approach or separate natural bodies; everything else is done by nature.