Bacon, Francis -- “Of Great Place,” Essays (1625)
Ask counsel of both times — of the ancient time what is best, and of the latter time what is fittest. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, author, politician“Of Great Place,” Essays (1625)
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All rising to a great place is by a winding stair. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, author, politician“Of Great Place” Full text.
View ArticleBacon, Francis -- “Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature,” Essays (1625)
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them. Francis Bacon...
View ArticleBacon, Francis -- “Of Gardens,” Essays (1625)
God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, author, politician“Of Gardens,” Essays (1625)
View ArticleBacon, Francis -- “Of Friendship,” Essays (1625)
A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, author, politician“Of...
View ArticleBacon, Francis -- “Of Death,” Essays (1625)
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, author, politician“Of...
View ArticleBacon, Francis -- “Of Cunning,” Essays (1625)
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, author, politician“Of Cunning,” Essays (1625)
View ArticleBacon, Francis -- “Of Ceremonies and Respects,” Essays (1625)
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, author, politician“Of Ceremonies and Respects,” Essays (1625)
View ArticleBacon, Francis -- “Of Beauty,” Essays (1625)
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, author, politician“Of Beauty,” Essays (1625)
View ArticleBacon, Francis -- “Of Atheism,” Essays (1625)
I had rather believe all the fables in the legends and the Talmud and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, author, politician“Of...
View ArticleBacon, Francis -- “Of Adversity,” Essays (1625)
Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, author, politician“Of Adversity,” Essays (1625)
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The virtue of Prosperity is temperance; the virtue of Adversity is fortitude. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, author, politician“Of Adversity,” Essays (1625)
View ArticleBacon, Francis -- “Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature,” Essays, No. 13 (1625)
The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in charity there is no excess, neither can angel or man come in danger by it. Francis...
View ArticleBacon, Francis -- “Of Friendship,” Essays, No. 27 (1625)
This communicating of a man’s self to his friend worketh two contrary effects; for it redoubleth joys and cutteth griefs in Halves. For there is no man that imparteth his joys to his friend, but he...
View ArticleBacon, Francis -- “Of Beauty,” Essays, No. 43 (1625)
Beauty is as summer fruits, which are easy to corrupt, and cannot last. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, scientist, author, statesman“Of Beauty,” Essays, No. 43 (1625)
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