Children, DeathFrancis Bacon on Death“Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.”Francis BaconRelated Quotes:Francis Bacon on Change "Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for…Francis Bacon on Beauty "There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the…Mark Twain on Death "The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man…Francis Bacon on Certainties "If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts;…Mark Twain on Courage "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of…