Francis Bacon Quotes And Sayings

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.

A Prudent Question Is One-half Of Wisdom.

Hope Is A Good Breakfast, But It Is A Bad Supper.

Read Not To Contradict And Confute, Nor To Believe And Take For Granted... But To Weigh And Consider.

A Man That Studieth Revenge Keeps His Own Wounds Green.

Wives Are Young Men's Mistresses, Companions For Middle Age, And Old Men's Nurses.

Travel, In The Younger Sort, Is A Part Of Education; In The Elder, A Part Of Experience.

A Little Philosophy Inclineth Man's Mind To Atheism, But Depth In Philosophy Bringeth Men's Minds About To Religion.

The Worst Solitude Is To Have No Real Friendships.

Small Amounts Of Philosophy Lead To Atheism, But Larger Amounts Bring Us Back To God.

Judges Ought To Be More Leaned Than Witty, More Reverent Than Plausible, And More Advised Than Confident. Above All Things, Integrity Is Their Portion And Proper Virtue.

Studies Perfect Nature And Are Perfected Still By Experience.

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.

There Is No Comparison Between That Which Is Lost By Not Succeeding And That Which Is Lost By Not Trying.

Whosoever Is Delighted In Solitude Is Either A Wild Beast Or A God.

Imagination Was Given To Man To Compensate Him For What He Is Not; A Sense Of Humor To Console Him For What He Is.

Certainly, In Taking Revenge, A Man Is But Even With His Enemy, But In Passing It Over, He Is Superior; For It Is A Prince's Part To Pardon.

It Is Impossible To Love And To Be Wise.

When A Man Laughs At His Troubles He Loses A Great Many Friends. They Never Forgive The Loss Of Their Prerogative.

Friendship Increases In Visiting Friends, But In Visiting Them Seldom.

Nature Is Often Hidden, Sometimes Overcome, Seldom Extinguished.

Fashion Is Only The Attempt To Realize Art In Living Forms And Social Intercourse.

Silence Is The Sleep That Nourishes Wisdom.

The Correlative To Loving Our Neighbors As Ourselves Is Hating Ourselves As We Hate Our Neighbors.

Truth Is A Good Dog; But Always Beware Of Barking Too Close To The Heels Of An Error, Lest You Get Your Brains Kicked Out.

The Worst Men Often Give The Best Advice.

Nothing Doth More Hurt In A State Than That Cunning Men Pass For Wise.

The Job Of The Artist Is Always To Deepen The Mystery.

The Root Of All Superstition Is That Men Observe When A Thing Hits, But Not When It Misses.

I Had Rather Believe All The Fables In The Legend, And The Talmud, And The Alcoran, Than That This Universal Frame Is Without A Mind.

Prosperity Is Not Without Many Fears And Distastes; Adversity Not Without Many Comforts And Hopes.

The Joys Of Parents Are Secret, And So Are Their Grieves And Fears.

Who Ever Is Out Of Patience Is Out Of Possession Of Their Soul.

Who Ever Is Out Of Patience Is Out Of Possession Of Their Soul.

God Hangs The Greatest Weights Upon The Smallest Wires.

There Is A Difference Between Happiness And Wisdom: He That Thinks Himself The Happiest Man Is Really So; But He That Thinks Himself The Wisest Is Generally The Greatest Fool.

Choose The Life That Is Most Useful, And Habit Will Make It The Most Agreeable.

Nature, To Be Commanded, Must Be Obeyed.

Anger Makes Dull Men Witty, But It Keeps Them Poor.

Men Fear Death As Children Fear To Go In The Dark; And As That Natural Fear In Children Is Increased By Tales, So Is The Other.

Friends Are Thieves Of Time.

It Is A Strange Desire, To Seek Power, And To Lose Liberty; Or To Seek Power Over Others, And To Lose Power Over A Man's Self.

Reading Maketh A Full Man; Conference A Ready Man; And Writing An Exact Man.

It Is As Natural To Die As To Be Born; And To A Little Infant, Perhaps, The One Is As Painful As The Other.

A Bachelor's Life Is A Fine Breakfast, A Flat Lunch, And A Miserable Dinner.

They That Will Not Apply New Remedies Must Expect New Evils.

He That Hath Wife And Children Hath Given Hostages To Fortune; For They Are Impediments To Great Enterprises, Either Of Virtue Or Mischief.

Beauty Itself Is But The Sensible Image Of The Infinite.

If We Do Not Maintain Justice, Justice Will Not Maintain Us.

The Genius, Wit, And The Spirit Of A Nation Are Discovered By Their Proverbs.