"man's sense is falsely asserted to be the standard of things; on the contrary, all the perceptions both of the senses and the mind bear reference to man and not to the Universe, and the human mind res..."
- Francis Bacon
"It is easier for a man to burn down his own house than to get rid of his prejudices."
- Roger Bacon
"[Refers to 121 children taken into care in Cleveland due to suspected abuse (1987) and later returned to their parents]Sue Richardson, the child abuse consultant at the heart of the crisis, watched as..."
- Heather Bacon
"Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom."
"All rising to a great place is by a winding stair."
"God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s mind..."
"I think there is a puritanical wind that is blowing. I have never seen such a lack of separation between church and state in America, I don’t believe in God, but if I did I would say that sex is a God..."
- Kevin Bacon
"Despise no new accident in your body, but ask opinion of it… There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic. A man’s observation, what he finds good and of what he finds hurt of, is the best phy..."
"The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power."
"They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea."