Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorNothing is well known except through experience.
Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorThe crocodiles shed tears when they devour their victims. That is their wisdom.
Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorI have preferred to study books rather than men.
Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorA man is no more than what he knows.
Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorThe discoveries already achieved are due to chance and common experience rather than to science.
Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorNothing induces a man to suspect much like knowing little.
Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorKnowledge is power.
Sir Francis Bacon
View AuthorLittle science often keeps one away from God, and much science always leads to Him.
James Baldwin
View AuthorChildren have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never stopped imitating them.
Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorThe act of reading is like food; the benefit is not in proportion to what is consumed, but to what is digested.
Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorOne should read a lot, but not many books; this is an excellent rule.
Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorOnly intelligence examines itself.