Francis Bacon Quote

A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek to tread it out.


Essays, civil and moral: and The new Atlantis (ed. 1909)


A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek to tread it out.

A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek to tread it out.

A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek to tread it out.

A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek to tread it out.