“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.”

— Francis Bacon · Wisdom quote

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. — Francis Bacon quote card
Philosopher and statesman · 1561 – 1626

Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman and essayist who championed the empirical method of inquiry. His Essays and his plan for the reform of learning in the Novum Organum helped lay the groundwork of modern science.

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