Of Unity

By: Francis Bacon (1561-1626) RELIGION being the chief band of human society, it is a happy thing, when itself is well contained within the true band of unity. The quarrels, and divisions

Essay: Of Revenge

By: Francis Bacon (1561-1626) REVENGE is a kind of wild justice; which the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong,