There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“Crafty men condemn studies; Simple men admire them; And wise men use them: For they teach not their own use: but that… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Man, as the minister and interpreter of nature, is limited in act and understanding by his observation of the order of nature;… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Man, being the servant and interpreter of Nature, can do and understand so much and so much only as he has observed… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Observation and experiment for gathering material, induction and deduction for elaborating it: these are are only good intellectual tools. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Antiquities, or remnants of history, are, as was said, tanquam tabula naufragii: when industrious persons, by an exact and scrupulous diligence and… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I would by all means have men beware, lest Æsop's pretty fable of the fly that sate [sic] on the pole of… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
But by far the greatest hindrance and aberration of the human understanding proceeds from the dullness, incompetency, and deceptions of the senses;… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
But the idols of the Market Place are the most troublesome of all: idols which have crept into the understanding through their… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest. — Francis Bacon Copy Share
The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend. — Francis Bacon Copy Share
Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs. — Francis Bacon Copy Share
Painting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down. — Francis Bacon Copy Share
I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision. — Francis Bacon Copy Share
When Christ came into the world, peace was sung; and when He went out of the world, peace was bequeathed. — Francis Bacon Copy Share
...neither is it possible to discover the more remote and deeper parts of any science, if you stand but upon the level of the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share
The divisions of science are not like different lines that meet in one angle, but rather like the branches of trees that join in… — Francis Bacon Copy Share
The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down... forces everything else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although more cogent… — Francis Bacon Copy Share
I should have been, I don't know, a con-man, a robber or a prostitute. But it was vanity that made me choose painting, vanity… — Francis Bacon Copy Share
The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are. — Francis Bacon Copy Share
When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative. — Francis Bacon Copy Share
Believing that I was born for the service of mankind, and regarding the care of the commonwealth as a kind of common property which,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share
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