But by far the greatest obstacle to the progress of science and to the undertaking of new tasks and provinces therein is found in this-that men despair and think things impossible.
Francis BaconSince custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs.
Francis BaconWe 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 BaconIf my people look as if they're in a dreadful fix, it's because I can't get them out of a technical dilemma.
Francis Bacon