A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek to tread it out.
Francis BaconAgain men have been kept back as by a kind of enchantment from progress in science by reverence for antiquity, by the authority of men counted great in philosophy, and then by general consent.
Francis BaconOut of monuments, names, words proverbs ...and the like, we do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time.
Francis Bacon