Francis Bacon

1561 - 1626 *

Bacon, who was also a politician and a lawyer, advocated the founding of human activity on a common methodology of inquiry

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		Sir Francis Bacon Meets the New Advancement of Learning -- A slide show and summary of evidence for Baconian Shakespeare authorship. http://www.sirbacon.org/toc.html Editorial Rating: Number of Visitors: 68 0 users have rated it an average of 0 stars     [rate it] Our Civilisation: Sir Francis Bacon -- A sectionalised overview of Bacon and his works, by Max Patrick. http://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboar... Editorial Rating: Number of Visitors: 85 2 users have rated it an average of 4.5 stars     [rate it] Luminarium - Sir Francis Bacon -- An annotated list of essays and links. http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/bacon... Editorial Rating: Number of Visitors: 93 0 users have rated it an average of 0 stars     [rate it] Francis Bacon Research Trust -- Several short essays on Bacon, along with quotes, pictures, and information about the Trust. http://www.fbrt.org.uk/ Editorial Rating: Number of Visitors: 121 1 users have rated it an average of 5 stars     [rate it] American Baconiana -- The text of a publication of the Bacon Society of America in 1923. http://www.sirbacon.org/links/abaconi1.h... Editorial Rating: Number of Visitors: 52 0 users have rated it an average of 0 stars     [rate it] Blupete - Biographies - Francis Bacon -- A biography, selection of quotes, and key dates. http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biogra... Editorial Rating: Number of Visitors: 64 0 users have rated it an average of 0 stars     [rate it]

     

Come home to men's business and bosoms. -- Dedication to the Essays, Edition 1625.

Francis Bacon

No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth. -- Of Truth.

Francis Bacon

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. -- Of Death.

Francis Bacon

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. -- Of Revenge.

Francis Bacon

It was a high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics), that "The good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished, but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired." -- Of Adversity.

Francis Bacon

It is yet a higher speech of his than the other, "It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god." -- Of Adversity.

Francis Bacon

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. -- Of Adversity.

Francis Bacon

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. -- Of Adversity.

Francis Bacon

Virtue is like precious odours,--most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed. -- Of Adversity.

Francis Bacon

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. -- Of Marriage and Single Life.

Francis Bacon

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Bacon at Encarta Encyclopedia

Bacon at Britannica Encyclopedia

Bacon at Xrefer.com