60 result(s) for Francis Bacon Quotes.
"The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or to evil."
"Those that want friends to open themselves unto are cannibals of their own hearts."
"Ambition is like choler; which is an humor that maketh men active, earnest, full of alacrity, and stirring, if it be not stopped."
"The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express."
"Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man."
"Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly."
"Knowledge and human power are synonymous."
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"He that gives good advice builds with one hand, he that gives good counsel and example builds with both."
"It is not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong."
"Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark, and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other."
"If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics."
"Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."
"The job of the artist is to always deepen the mystery."
"Money is like muck, not good except it be spread."
"Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible."
"A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion."
"The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall."
"The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss."
"The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate."
"He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both."
"A prudent question is one-half of wisdom."
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"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is."
"Silence is the virtue of fools."
"The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power."
"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."
"Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New."
"Knowledge is a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate."
"It is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt."
"Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper."
"A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion."
"Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread."
"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present."
"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties."
"He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune."
"The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon."
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"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion."
"Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience."
"I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed."
"The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding."
"Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion."
"Knowledge is power."
"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."
"Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed."
"Ipsa scientia potestas est. (Knowledge itself is power.)"
"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery."
"If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world."
"It is a true rule that love is ever rewarded, either with the reciproque or with an inward and secret contempt."
"Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man."
"Age appears best in four things: old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."
"The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses."
"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested."
"In charity there is no excess."
"The duty and task of a true educator are not to lumber the memory of his students, but to awaken it."
"He that gives good advice builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both."
"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."
"It is impossible to love and to be wise."
"Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom."
"The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it."
"Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other."
"It is mediocrity knowing itself mediocrity, that worships mediocrity."
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