Maxioms by Francis Bacon
So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga read more
So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga sive bacillum vere superius
inflexum sit.]
God's first creature, which was light.
God's first creature, which was light.
It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear.
It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear.
I hold every man a debtor to his profession.
I hold every man a debtor to his profession.
We cannot command nature except by obeying her.
We cannot command nature except by obeying her.
