Knowledge hath in it somewhat of the serpent, and therefore where it entereth into a man it makes him swell. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The true bounds and limitations, whereby human knowledge is confined and circumscribed,... are three: the first, that we do not so place… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The End of our Foundation is the knowledge of Causes; and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Upon a given body to generate and superinduce a new nature or new natures is the work and aim of human power.… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced. Nature to… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
A king that would not feel his crown too heavy for him, must wear it every day; but if he think it… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
For there is a great difference in delivery of the mathematics , which are the most abstracted of knowledges, and policy ,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There was a young man in Rome that was very like Augustus Caesar; Augustus took knowledge of it and sent for the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
For whatever deserves to exist deserves also to be known, for knowledge is the image of existence, and things mean and splendid… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
By this means we presume we have established for ever, a true and legitimate marriage between the Empirical and Rational faculty; whose… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I work for posterity, these things requiring ages for their accomplishment. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
My praise shall be dedicated to the mind itself. The mind is the man, and the knowledge is the mind. A man… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The partitions of knowledge are not like several lines that meet in one angle, and so touch not in a point; but… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Liberty of speech invites and provokes liberty to be used again, and so bringeth much to a man's knowledge. — 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
Some men covet knowledge out of a natural curiosity and inquisitive temper; some to entertain the mind with variety and delight; some… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
No one has yet been found so firm of mind and purpose as resolutely to compel himself to sweep away all theories… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Moreover, the works already known are due to chance and experiment rather than to sciences; for the sciences we now possess are… — 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 Image
The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Painting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
When Christ came into the world, peace was sung; and when He went out of the world, peace was bequeathed. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
...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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
