We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning are more durable than the monuments of power, or of the hands. For have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five hundred years or more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities have been decayed and demolished?
Francis BaconTherefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.
Francis BaconSuch is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having a delight in such vanities, mark the events where they are fulfilled, but where they fail, though this happen much oftener.
Francis BaconAll painting is an accident. But it's also not an accident, because one must select what part of the accident one chooses to preserve.
Francis Bacon