“The age of antiquity is the youth of the world.”

— Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning (1605), Book I

About Francis Bacon

1561 – 1626

English philosopher and statesman, author of the "Essays" and "Novum Organum".

“Nothing is terrible except fear itself.”

“Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.”

“Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.”

“With rebellion, awareness is born.”

“Why was I born with such contemporaries?”

“Happiness was born a twin.”

“Youth, large, lusty, loving—Youth, full of grace, force, fascination!”

“God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.”

“Talk not so much, then, young artist, of the great old masters.”