Quotes Francis Bacon

A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a m...

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but dep...

A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it....

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green....

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom....

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surpri...

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds....

Acorns were good until bread was found....

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn...

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor....

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history...

As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, s...

Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite....

But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is ...

By indignities men come to dignities....

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the publ...

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bit...

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it ...

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak ag...

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swoll...

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms a...

For also knowledge itself is power....

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches,...

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, ...

Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can st...