如果真是famousquote的话,还是能找到的的,网上的名言是点击喜欢量来排序的.
哪怕知道原文的英文单词都还好找.
history,truth,gold,fallacy
一般名言就难找了,几百条名言中,没有进一步的搜索功能
FrancisBaconquotesonscience
SirFrancisBaconQuotes-127ScienceQuotes
就这一句最接近了.
forthetruthis,thattimeseemethtobeofthenatureofariverorstream,whichcarriethdowntousthatwhichislightandblownup,andsinkethanddrowneththatwhichisweightyandsolid.
这个句法实在是复杂的很.
大意是:时间像河流,漂浮给我们是轻物,沉淀下来的是重物.
forthetruthis,thattimeseemethtobeofthenatureofariverorstream,which=(时间长河)carriethdowntousthatwhichislightandblownup,and(时间长河)sinkethanddrowneththatwhichisweightyandsolid.
asifthemultitude,orthewisestforthemultitude'ssake,werenotreadytogivepassagerathertothatwhichispopularandsuperficial,thantothatwhichissubstantialandprofound:forthetruthis,thattimeseemethtobeofthenatureofariverorstream,whichcarriethdowntousthatwhichislightandblownup,andsinkethanddrowneththatwhichisweightyandsolid.
—SirFrancisBacon
Anothererrorisaconceitthat...thebesthasstillprevailedandsuppressedtherest:soas,ifamanshouldbeginthelaborofanewsearch,hewerebutliketolightuponsomewhatformerlyrejected,andbyrejectionbroughtintooblivion;asifthemultitude,orthewisestforthemultitude'ssake,werenotreadytogivepassagerathertothatwhichispopularandsuperficial,thantothatwhichissubstantialandprofound:forthetruthis,thattimeseemethtobeofthenatureofariverorstream,whichcarriethdowntousthatwhichislightandblownup,andsinkethanddrowneththatwhichisweightyandsolid.
—SirFrancisBacon
AdvancementofLearning,Book1.CollectedinTheWorksofFrancisBacon(1826),Vol1,36.
Sciencequoteson:|Error(152)|Rejection(16)|Time(170)|Truth(450)
