Twitter Share to Facebook Wednesday, July 05, 2006 Proverbs - FRANCIS BACON The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its proverbs. FRANCIS BACON (1561 - 1626), In Selwyn Gurney Champion, comp., Racial Proverbs: A Selection of the World's Proverbs Arranged Linguistically, p. 4, 1938. Posted by andhramahabharatam at