Famous quotes containing the words francis bacon, francis, bacon and/or foundation:
“The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
“Do not conceale no beauty grace,
That’s either in thy minde or face,
Least vertue overcome by vice,
Make men beleeve no Paradice.”
—Sir Francis Kynaston (1587–1642)
“Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
“If all political power be derived only from Adam, and be to descend only to his successive heirs, by the ordinance of God and divine institution, this is a right antecedent and paramount to all government; and therefore the positive laws of men cannot determine that, which is itself the foundation of all law and government, and is to receive its rule only from the law of God and nature.”
—John Locke (1632–1704)