Francis Bacon
English philosopher, lawyer and statesman (1561 to 1626); lord chancellor from 1618 to 1621; author of the Essays and the Novum organum.
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Seeking, knowing and believing truth is the highest good of human nature
But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments, and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
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Seeking, knowing and believing truth is the highest good of human nature
But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments, and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625 edition) Said c. 1597–1625
Revenge is a kind of wild justice that the law ought to weed out
REVENGE is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625 edition) Said c. 1597–1625
A person with a spouse and children has given hostages to fortune, since they hinder great enterprises
HE THAT hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.
The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625 edition) Said c. 1597–1625
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A little philosophy inclines the mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy brings it back to religion
It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625 edition) Said c. 1597–1625
Without love, a crowd is not company and talk is empty noise
For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625 edition) Said c. 1597–1625
Refusing new remedies invites new evils, because time itself is the greatest innovator
Surely every medicine is an innovation; and he that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator; and if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?
The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625 edition) Said c. 1597–1625
Neither nature nor sworn words are as strong a force on what people do as custom
But Machiavel knew not of a Friar Clement, nor a Ravillac, nor a Jaureguy, nor a Baltazar Gerard; yet his rule holdeth still, that nature, nor the engagement of words, are not so forcible, as custom.
The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625 edition) Said c. 1597–1625
Some books should be sampled, some read through, and a few read wholly with close attention
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625 edition) Said c. 1597–1625
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