Maxioms by Francis Bacon
Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.
Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin read more
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
To know truly is to know by causes.
To know truly is to know by causes.
(He) put that which was most material in the postscript.
(He) put that which was most material in the postscript.
Men of noble birth are noted to be envious towards new men when they rise. For the distance is altered, read more
Men of noble birth are noted to be envious towards new men when they rise. For the distance is altered, and it is like a deceit of the eye, that when others come on they think themselves go back.