Francis Bacon; Bashny.Net

January 22, 1561 - April 9, 1626 - English philosopher, historian, politician, founder of empiricism. In 1584, aged 23, was elected to Parliament. Since 1617, Lord Privy Seal, and then - the Lord Chancellor; Baron Verulam and Viscount St Albany.


The essence of the famous sayings of Francis Bacon needs no decoding or explanatory comments.

The most famous utterances of the philosopher Francis Bacon:

1. Long speech promoting business as much as the dress with a train makes walking.
2. Truth - the daughter of time, not of authority.
3. Prosperity reveals our vices, and disaster - our virtues.
4. Slavolyubivy man is a plaything for smart, idol fools prey to parasites and a slave to his own vanity.
5. Whoever plotting revenge, aggravating his wounds, which otherwise would have long healed and healed. Indeed, making a place, a person becomes a par with his enemy, and forgiving the enemy, it surpasses it.
6. Man is really similar to the monkey: the higher the climb, the greater naked ass.
Beauty - like a jewel: the easier it is, the more precious ...
There is no greater wisdom than timeliness.
7. Excessive frankness as neblagoprilichna as perfect nudity.
Legless, waddling along the right road, overtaking rider, riding the wrong way
8. Enjoy the Happiness - the greatest good, have the opportunity to give it to others - even more.
9. Bad is the traveler who came out into the open sea, he believed that the earth does not exist anywhere.
10. Such a strange desire - to gain power and to give up freedom.