“In Plato's opinion, man was made for philosophy; in Bacon's opinion, philosophy was made for man.” Contrasting two great views of the purpose of knowledge · Essay, Lord Bacon (1837) Knowledge Man Philosophy
“I have not the Chancellor's encyclopaedic mind. He is indeed a kind of semi-Solomon. He half knows everything from the cedar to the hyssop.” Witty comment on the breadth and limits of another man's knowledge · Letter to Macvey Napier, 17 December 1830 Intellect Knowledge Wit
