Фрэнсис Бэкон: Цитаты на английском языке
Фрэнсис Бэкон было английский философ, историк, политический деятель, основоположник эмпиризма. Цитаты на английском языке.No. 97
Apophthegms (1624)
Контексте: Alonso of Aragon was wont to say in commendation of age, that age appears to be best in four things — old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
“Knowledge itself is power.”
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.
Meditationes Sacræ [Sacred Meditations] (1597) "De Hæresibus" [Of Heresies]
Variants:
Scientia Ipsa Potentia Est.
Scientia potentia est.
Knowledge is power.
Scientia potestas est.
Scientia est potentia.
Источник: Meditations Sacrae and Human Philosophy Meditations Sacrae and Human Philosophy
“In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.”
Francis Bacon книга Essays
Of Revenge
Essays (1625)
Вариант: Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon.
“Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.”
Francis Bacon книга Essays
Of Studies
Essays (1625)