Francis Bacon on Books

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“Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.”
Francis Bacon
“Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.”
Francis Bacon
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.”
Francis Bacon
“But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation.”
Francis Bacon
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.”
Francis Bacon