第1章 Bacon's Quotes 培根名句（1）

Knowledge is power.

知識就是力量。

MEDITATIONES SACRAE

Reading maketh a full man,conference a ready man,and writing an exact man.

閱讀使人博學，討論使人敏捷，寫作使人精準。

OF STUDIES

Histories make men wise;poets,witty;the mathematics,subtle;natural philosophy,deep;moral,grave;logic and rhetoric,able to contend.

歷史使人獲得智慧；詩歌使人機智幽默；數學使人精密；自然哲學使人深沉；倫理使人莊重；修辭使人雄辯。

OF STUDIES

Ask counsel of both times;of the ancient time what is best,and of the latter time what is fittest.

人應該察古觀今，從古代得知甚麼最好，從現今得知甚麼最適宜。

OF GREAT PLACE

Do you know?

Francis Bacon was born on 22 January 1561. It was the Age of Discovery when European countries sent ships to discover the New World.

法蘭西·培根出生於1561年1月22日，當時正值大航海時代，歐洲各國紛紛派出船隊探索新大陸。

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

有的書宜淺嚐，有的宜吞嚥，只有少數宜細嚼，繼而吸收。

OF STUDIES

Read not to contradict and confute;nor to believe and take for granted;nor to find talk and discourse;but to weigh and consider.

閱讀不是為了引起矛盾和駁斥；也不是為了輕信或盲從；更不是為了高談闊論；閱讀是為了權衡和考慮。

OF STUDIES

If a man's wit be wandering,let him study the mathematics.

如果一個人思想散漫，那就讓他研習數學。

OF STUDIES

Studies serve for delight,for ornament,and for ability.

學習是為了樂在其中、增添光彩、提升能力。

OF STUDIES

The desire of power in excess,caused the angels to fall;the desire of knowledge in excess,caused man to fall.

天使墮落，因過份貪戀權力；凡人墮落，因過份沉迷知識。

OF GOODNESS AND GOODNESS OF NATURE

Do you know?

He had many talents and held many positions including scientist,philosopher,cryptologist,statesman and lawyer.

培根才華出眾，因此身兼多職，包括科學家、哲學家、密碼專家、國會議員、律師。

Natural abilities...need proyning,by study;and studies themselves,do give forth directions too much at large,except they be bounded in by experience.

天賦需要學習來修剪；而學習本身指出的方向太籠統，需要經驗來規範。

OF STUDIES

It is not granted to man to love and to be wise.

人不是一生下來就擁有愛人的能力和智慧。

THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING

I,that desire to live to study,may not be driven to study to live.

我為了學習而生存，並非為生存而學習。

LETTER TO KING JAMES I

Discretion of speech,is more than eloquence.

慎言比雄辯更勝一籌。

OF DISCOURSE

To speak agreeably to him,with whom we deal,is more than to speak in good words,or in good order.

和人交往時，對話酣暢比使用精妙的詞藻和語序更重要。

OF DISCOURSE

He that hath a satirical vein,as he maketh others afraid of his wit,so he had need be afraid of others' memory.

喜歡諷刺的人使人畏懼其才智，因此也害怕別人記性太好。

OF DISCOURSE

Speech of a man's self ought to be seldom,and well chosen.

少談論自己，即使談及也要謹慎。

OF DISCOURSE

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes;adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

繁華盛世中不乏恐懼和災難；逆境當前也會有慰藉和希望。

OF ADVERSITY

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament;adversity is the blessing of the New.

繁華是《舊約》帶來的祝福；逆境是《新約》帶來的佳音。

OF ADVERSITY

Hope is a good breakfast,but it is a bad supper.

希望是美味的早餐，卻不是美味的晚餐。

APOTHEGMS

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.

聖靈之筆比較著意描述的，不是所羅門的福氣，而是約伯所受的苦難。

OF ADVERSITY

Do you know?

Bacon's father was the Lord Keeper of Queen Elizabeth I. Later in 1617,Bacon held the same position his father had held.

培根的父親是伊莉沙伯女王的掌璽大臣。1617年，培根和父親一樣獲任命掌管國璽。

...prosperity doth best discover vice,but adversity doth best discover virtue.

人的醜惡在富貴中暴露，美德卻在逆境中顯現。

OF ADVERSITY

For good thoughts (though God accept them) yet,towards men,are little better than good dreams,except they be put in act.

善意即使為上帝所接受，若沒有得以實踐，和做夢也無甚分別。

OF GREAT PLACE

In charity there is no excess.

善舉永不嫌多。

OF GOODNESS AND GOODNESS OF NATURE

A man that hath no virtue in himself,ever envieth virtue in others.

沒有美德的人往往妒忌他人之德。

OF ENVY

Do you know?

When young Bacon met Queen Elizabeth,she was surprised by his smartness and called him "the young Lord Keeper".

伊莉沙伯女王首次看到年少的培根時，十分欣賞他的聰明機智，更稱他為“我的小小掌璽大臣”。

Goodness I call the habit,and goodness of nature,the inclination...without it,man is a busy,mischievous,wretched thing;no better than a kind of vermin.

我會稱善行為習慣，稱善的天性為傾向……沒有它，人只是碌碌無為的怪物，和害蟲無別。

OF GOODNESS AND GOODNESS OF NATURE