"Knowledge is Power....Francis Bacon"

I understood it as "Knowledge is power, France is Bacon".

For more than a decade I wondered over the meaning of the second part and what was the surreal linkage between the two? If I said the quote to someone, "Knowledge is power, France is Bacon" they nodded knowingly. Or someone might say, "Knowledge is power" and I'd finish the quote "France is Bacon" and they wouldn't look at me like I'd said something very odd but thoughtfully agree. I did ask a teacher what did "Knowledge is power, France is bacon" meant and got a full 1 minute explanation of the Knowledge is power bit but nothing on "France is bacon". When I prompted further explanation by saying "France is Bacon?" in a questioning tone I just got a "yes". at 12 I didn't have the confidence to press it further. I just accepted it as something I'd never understand

it was never until years later I saw it written down that penny dropped.

When I was a child, my father said to me, "Knowledge is power. -Francis Bacon "

However, when I was young, I didn't know strange names, so I took it for granted that this sentence was:" Knowledge is power. France is bacon.

for more than a decade, the second half of this famous saying has been bothering me: what does it mean? Why can it be listed with the first half of the sentence? Is there any unspeakable connection between knowledge and power, France and bacon?

I don't understand. However, whenever I mention the phrase "knowledge is power and France is bacon" to adults, they just nod in agreement.

or when someone says "knowledge is power", I will follow it with "France is bacon" ... but no one has ever looked at me strangely and thought I said something strange, but just agreed thoughtfully.

I also went to ask a teacher, "Knowledge is power, and France is bacon." What does this sentence mean? However, the answer I got was a full 1-minute explanation of "knowledge is power", and I didn't touch on the content of "France is bacon" at all. When I timidly reminded my teacher in a questioning tone, "France is bacon?" He just said, "That's right." At the age of 12, I don't have the courage and confidence to ask any more questions. I am desperate. From that moment on, I knew that I could never understand the strange meaning behind this enigmatic statement. I gave up the pursuit and just regarded it as a mystery that I could talk about without thinking about its meaning.

I didn't realize what had happened until I saw this sentence occasionally in books many years later. At that moment, childhood collapsed ...