But this is that which will dignify and exalt knowledge: if contemplation and action be more nearly and straitly conjoined and united together than they have been: a conjunction like unto that of the highest planets, Saturn, the planet of rest and contemplation, and Jupiter, the planet of civil society and action.
Francis BaconTruth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.
Francis BaconWhence we see spiders, flies, or ants entombed and preserved forever in amber, a more than royal tomb.
Francis Bacon