Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. – Francis Bacon
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. – Francis Bacon
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. – Francis Bacon
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. – Francis Bacon
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. – Francis Bacon
Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it. – Francis Bacon