Francis Bacon Quotes
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Francis Bacon Quotes (71)
"Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man."
— francis-bacon"Knowledge is power."
— francis-bacon"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present."
— 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"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery."
— francis-bacon"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion."
— francis-bacon"Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses."
— francis-bacon"Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority."
— francis-bacon"It is impossible to love and to be wise."
— francis-bacon"There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying."
— francis-bacon"He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief."
— francis-bacon"Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed."
— francis-bacon"But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on."
— francis-bacon"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."
— francis-bacon"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested."
— francis-bacon"The remedy is worse than the disease."
— 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"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."
— francis-bacon"Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom."
— francis-bacon"If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics."
— francis-bacon"The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express."
— francis-bacon"A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion."
— francis-bacon"Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion."
— francis-bacon"Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience."
— francis-bacon"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."
— francis-bacon"A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green."
— francis-bacon"Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set."
— francis-bacon"If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us."
— francis-bacon"Friends are thieves of time."
— 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."
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