Francis Bacon
England
22 Jan 1561 // 9 Apr 1626
Philosopher / Statesman / Essayist
22 Jan 1561 // 9 Apr 1626
Philosopher / Statesman / Essayist
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Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable
Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men
By indignities men come to dignities
Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds
A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it
The cord breaketh at last by the weakest pull
Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and fitter for new projects than for settled business
The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the vicissitude of sects and religions
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays