Francis Bacon Quotes About Monument

Quotes about: Monument

• The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.

  Francis Bacon

  Science, Power, Wit

  Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1841). “The works of Francis Bacon, lord chancellor of England”, p.534

• Out of monuments, names, words proverbs ...and the like, we do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time.

  Francis Bacon

  Teacher, Names, Monument

  Francis Bacon (1753). “The Works...”, p.37

• We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning are more durable than the monuments of power, or of the hands. For have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five hundred years or more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities have been decayed and demolished?

  Francis Bacon

  Wisdom, Loss, Hands

  Francis Bacon (2012). “The Advancement of Learning”, p.61, Modern Library

• Antiquities, or remnants of history, are, as was said, tanquam tabula naufragii: when industrious persons, by an exact and scrupulous diligence and observation, out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages of books that concern not story, and the like, do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time.

  Francis Bacon

  Book, Names, Stories

  Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1825). “The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:”, p.107

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