Francis Bacon

• উদ্ধৃতি: "Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man."

• উৎস: Essay Of Studies।

• পরিচয়: Father of English Essay, natural philosopher, lawyer, statesman, philosopher, master of English language।

• সম্পূর্ণ নাম: Francis Bacon, Viscount Saint Alban।

• সাহিত্যিক খ্যাতি: Essays-এ দার্শনিক ও বাস্তবজ্ঞান প্রকাশ।

Famous Quotes

• “Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.”

• “Wives are young men’s mistresses; companions for middle age, and old men’s nurses.”

• “It is impossible to love and to be wise.”

• “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.”

• “Wonder is the seed of knowledge.”

• “A false friend is more dangerous than an open enemy.”

• “Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.”

• “Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.”

• Personification is a figure of speech in which: Non-human things are given human qualities.

​• Personification (ব্যক্তিরূপ দান):

- A figure of speech in which lifeless objects or ideas are given imaginary life.

- অর্থাৎ নির্জীব বা জড় বস্তুকে ব্যক্তিরূপে প্রয়োগ করার কৌশল।

- Personification এর মাধ্যমে কোন জড় বস্তুকে কাল্পনিক জীবন দান করে সেগুলোকে উপমা হিসাবে লেখায় ব্যবহার করা হয়। 

• ​Examples:

- ''There lies the port: the vessel puffs her sail: (Tennyson: ''Ulysses'')

- The vessel has been used as a living being.

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​Similarly:

- The wind whispered through the trees.

​- Time waits for no one

Idiom: “Hit the Sack / Hit the Hay”

• Meaning:

  • English: To go to bed in order to sleep

  • Bangla: ঘুমাতে যাওয়া; শুতে যাওয়া

• Example Sentence:

  • I’m really tired, so I’m going to hit the sack early tonight.

• Usage Context:

  • "I'm going to hit the sack early" → means the person is going to sleep

• Sources:

  1. Cambridge Dictionary

  2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary