More From Francis Bacon
- "Science is but an image of the truth."
- "The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate."
- "Wives are young men’s mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men’s nurses."
More In Beauty
- "If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man’s future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual’s total development lags behind?"― Maria Montessori
- "Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results."― Scott Adams
- "But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the Heavens were seen in most attractive beauty and brilliancy."― James Nasmyth