Francis Bacon híres idézetei
Francis Bacon Idézetek az emberekről
Francis Bacon idézetek
Francis Bacon: Idézetek angolul
No. 97
Apophthegms (1624)
Kontextus: Alonso of Aragon was wont to say in commendation of age, that age appears to be best in four things — old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
“Knowledge itself is power.”
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.
Meditationes Sacræ [Sacred Meditations] (1597) "De Hæresibus" [Of Heresies]
Variants:
Scientia Ipsa Potentia Est.
Scientia potentia est.
Knowledge is power.
Scientia potestas est.
Scientia est potentia.
Forrás: Meditations Sacrae and Human Philosophy Meditations Sacrae and Human Philosophy
“In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.”
Of Revenge
Essays (1625)
Változat: Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon.
“Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.”
Of Studies
Essays (1625)
“They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.”
Book II, vii, 5
The Advancement of Learning (1605)
“Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.”
Változat: He who delights in solitude is either a wild beast or a God.
“The remedy is worse than the disease.”
Of Seditions and Troubles
Essays (1625)