It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself. Auteur: Francis Bacon Copy Quote More from Francis Bacon “A small task if it be really daily will beat the efforts of a spasmodic Hercule…” “They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing …” “Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have onl…” “To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, …”