Great art is deeply ordered. Even if within the order there may be enormously instinctive and accidental things, nevertheless they come out of a desire for ordering and for returning fact onto the nervous system in a more violent way. Francis Bacon More Quotes by Francis Bacon More Quotes From Francis Bacon Do not wonder if the common people speak more truly than those above them: they speak more safely. Francis Bacon revolution common people Never any knowledge was delivered in the same order it was invented. Francis Bacon order science knowledge Rather to excite your judgment briefly than to inform it tediously. Francis Bacon judgment discovery I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision. Francis Bacon decision age dark A graceful and pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation. Francis Bacon figures grace letters The logic now in use serves rather to fix and give stability to the errors which have their foundation in commonly received notions than to help the search for truth. So it does more harm than good. Francis Bacon errors truth science If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. Francis Bacon servant masters ifs A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek to tread it out. Francis Bacon sparks faces writing Suspicion amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they never fly by twilight. Francis Bacon twilight doubt bird 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. Francis Bacon fear death children We must see whether the same clock with weights will go faster at the top of a mountain or at the bottom of a mine; it is probable, if the pull of the weights decreases on the mountain and increases in the mine, that the earth has real attraction. Francis Bacon mountain weight real I hold every man a debtor to his profession. Francis Bacon debtors society men If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. Francis Bacon math men science There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious. Francis Bacon vices men lying Generally he perceived in men of devout simplicity this opinion: that the secrets of nature were the secrets of God, part of that glory into which man is not to press too boldly. Francis Bacon simplicity secret men The worst solitude is to have no real friendships. Francis Bacon solitude real friendship Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. Francis Bacon nature inspirational life Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability. Francis Bacon ornaments delight study Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. Francis Bacon nature overcoming science Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion. Francis Bacon frustration failure truth
