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Francis Bacon
Quotes by Francis Bacon
Quotes by Francis Bacon
“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.”
Francis Bacon
“Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.”
Francis Bacon
“Knowledge is power.”
Francis Bacon
“A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.”
Francis Bacon
“It is impossible to love and to be wise.”
Francis Bacon
“A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.”
Francis Bacon
“I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.”
Francis Bacon
“A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.”
Francis Bacon
“In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.”
Francis Bacon
“He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.”
Francis Bacon
“He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.”
Francis Bacon
“Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.”
Francis Bacon
“In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.”
Francis Bacon
“Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.”
Francis Bacon
“A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.”
Francis Bacon
“Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.”
Francis Bacon
“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”
Francis Bacon
“Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.”
Francis Bacon
“Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.”
Francis Bacon
“If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.”
Francis Bacon
“Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.”
Francis Bacon
“The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.”
Francis Bacon
“Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.”
Francis Bacon
“Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.”
Francis Bacon
“Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.”
Francis Bacon
“There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.”
Francis Bacon
“The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.”
Francis Bacon
“Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.”
Francis Bacon
“Friends are thieves of time.”
Francis Bacon
“God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.”
Francis Bacon
