Francis Bacon Quote

It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.

The Advancement of Learning (1605) bk. 2, ch. 23, sect. 45

It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.

It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.

It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.

It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.