Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason
Francis BaconThe mystery lies in the irrationality by which you make appearance - if it is not irrational, you make illustration.
Francis BaconI don't think people are born artists; I think it comes from a mixture of your surroundings, the people you meet, and luck.
Francis BaconThe stage is more beholding to love than the life of man. For as to the stage, love is ever matter of comedies and now and then of tragedies; but in life it doth much mischief, sometimes like a Siren, sometimes like a Fury.
Francis BaconThe Syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves (which is the root of the matter) are confused and over-hastily abstracted from the facts, there can be no firmness in the superstructure. Our only hope therefore lies in a true induction.
Francis Bacon