Essays of Francis Bacon Are you sure you are at the right family reunion? Are you sure you are at the right family reunion?For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is
Francis Bacon (Lord Chancellor) The Dissent of Man The Dissent of ManThe job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. - Sir Francis BaconOrdered Chaos and the Wonder of Wonder - Another planksip® Möbius Loading...
Francis Bacon (Lord Chancellor) Only if he regresses towards the mean Only if he regresses towards the meanA wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. - Sir Francis BaconBlack Swans are Not Always Black - A planksip® Möbius
Francis Bacon (Lord Chancellor) The only organic alternative to consumerism The only organic alternative to consumerismSome books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. - Sir Francis BaconRound and Round We Go - What
Francis Bacon (Lord Chancellor) Metaphysical Dialectic Metaphysical DialecticIn order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. - Sir Francis BaconA Jewish Man of Integrity Will Free Man - The Will Free Man Narrative by
Francis Bacon (Lord Chancellor) Write what's wrong Write what's wrongReading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. - Sir Francis BaconThe Irony Runs Deep Being from a Dead Animal - A Known planksip® Carcinogenic
Francis Bacon (Lord Chancellor) A Symmetry A SymmetryThere is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. - Francis BaconA Symmetry is Not Asymmetrical but Sounds Like it Is - A planksip® Möbius
Francis Bacon (Lord Chancellor) All we need is time All we need is timeHope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. - Sir Francis BaconMeasured in Increments of 50 Milliseconds - A planksip® Möbius
Francis Bacon (Lord Chancellor) Logos of the Political Palindrome; Redivider, deified, civic and Wow! Logos of the Political Palindrome; Redivider, deified, civic and Wow!Knowledge is power - Sir Francis BaconMoney's Lunch - A planksip® Palindrome only at NoonMonkey's Lunch at Noon Time - Another planksip® Möbius
Essays of Francis Bacon A Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases Abridgment: miniatureAbsurd: stupid, unpolishedAbuse: cheat, deceiveAculeate: stingingAdamant: loadstoneAdust: scorchedAdvoutress: adulteressAffect: like, desireAntic: clownAppose: questionArietation: battering-ramAudit: revenueAvoidance: secret outletBattle: battalionBestow: settle in lifeBlanch: flatter, evadeBrave: boastfulBravery: boast, ostentationBroke: deal in brokerageBroken: shine by comparisonBroken
Essays of Francis Bacon Of Fame THE poets make Fame a monster. They describe her in part finely and elegantly, and in part gravely and sententiously. They say, look how many feathers she hath, so many eyes she hath
Essays of Francis Bacon Of Vicissitude of Things SOLOMON saith, There is no new thing upon the earth. So that as Plato had an imagination, That all knowledge was but remembrance; so Solomon giveth his sentence, That all novelty is but
Essays of Francis Bacon Of Anger TO SEEK to extinguish anger utterly, is but a bravery of the Stoics. We have better oracles: Be angry, but sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger. Anger must
Essays of Francis Bacon Of Judicature JUDGES ought to remember, that their office is jus dicere, and not jus dare; to interpret law, and not to make law, or give law. Else will it be like the authority, claimed
Essays of Francis Bacon Of Honor and Reputation THE winning of honor, is but the revealing of a man,s virtue and worth, without disadvantage. For some in their actions, do woo and effect honor and reputation, which sort of men,
Essays of Francis Bacon Of Vain-glory IT WAS prettily devised of AEsop, The fly sat upon the axle-tree of the chariot wheel, and said, What a dust do I raise! So are there some vain persons, that whatsoever goeth
Essays of Francis Bacon Of Praise PRAISE is the reflection of virtue; but it is as the glass or body, which giveth the reflection. If it be from the common people, it is commonly false and naught; and rather
Essays of Francis Bacon Of Ceremonies, and Respects HE THAT is only real, had need have exceeding great parts of virtue; as the stone had need to be rich, that is set without foil. But if a man mark it well,
Essays of Francis Bacon Of Faction MANY have an opinion not wise, that for a prince to govern his estate, or for a great person to govern his proceedings, according to the respect of factions, is a principal part
Essays of Francis Bacon Of Studies STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment, and disposition
Essays of Francis Bacon Of Suitors COSTLY followers are not to be liked; lest while a man maketh his train longer, he make his wings shorter. I reckon to be costly, not them alone which charge the purse, but
Essays of Francis Bacon Of Followers and Friends COSTLY followers are not to be liked; lest while a man maketh his train longer, he make his wings shorter. I reckon to be costly, not them alone which charge the purse, but
Essays of Francis Bacon Of Negotiating IT IS generally better to deal by speech than by letter; and by the mediation of a third than by a man's self. Letters are good, when a man would draw an answer
Essays of Francis Bacon Of Gardens GOD Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which, buildings and palaces are but gross
Essays of Francis Bacon Of Building DEFORMED persons are commonly even with nature; for as nature hath done ill by them, so do they by nature; being for the most part (as the Scripture saith) void of natural affection;
