Ipsa scientia potestas est.Knowledge itself is power. Author: Francis Bacon Copy Quote More from Francis Bacon “There arises from a bad and inapt formation of words, a wonderful obstruction t…” “Crafty men condemn studies; Simple men admire them; And wise men use them: For …” “Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to rep…” “Reading maketh a full man; and writing an axact man. And, therefore, if a man w…”