Francis Bacon Quotes - Page 27

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• ...those experiments be not only esteemed which have an immediate and present use, but those principally which are of most universal consequence for invention of other experiments, and those which give more light to the invention of causes; for the invention of the mariner's needle, which giveth the direction, is of no less benefit for navigation than the invention of the sails, which give the motion.

  Francis Bacon

  Science, Light, Giving

  Francis Bacon (1857). “Works of Francis Bacon: 3”, p.363

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• 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

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• They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations.

  Francis Bacon

  Inspirational, Men, Vocation

  Francis Bacon, Brian Vickers (1996). “The Major Works”, p.418, Oxford University Press, USA

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• The creative process is a cocktail of instinct, skill, culture and a highly creative feverishness.

  Francis Bacon

  Skills, Creative, Culture

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