Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban, Kt., KC (22 January 15619 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator and author.
The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express. Use this quote
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. Use this quote
Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men. Use this quote
Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business. Use this quote
There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health. Use this quote
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. Use this quote
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. Use this quote
Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly. Use this quote
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other. Use this quote
I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death. Use this quote
