Quotes by Bacon, Francis

"It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion."

Bacon, Francis on atheism   

"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."

Bacon, Francis on atheism   

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"Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men."

Bacon, Francis on bachelor   

"Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much."

Bacon, Francis on power
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"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."

Bacon, Francis on power
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"All colors will agree in the dark."

Bacon, Francis on prejudice
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"Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable."

Bacon, Francis on present
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"He that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils: for Time is the greatest innovator: and if Time, of course, alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?."

Bacon, Francis on problems   

"I hold every man a debtor to his profession."

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"Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue."

Bacon, Francis on prosperity
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"The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs."

Bacon, Francis on proverbs   

"God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires."

Bacon, Francis on providence   

"Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much."

Bacon, Francis on questions
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"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

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

Bacon, Francis on questions
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"The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands."

Bacon, Francis on responsibility
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"A man who contemplates revenge keeps his wounds green."

Bacon, Francis on revenge   

"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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"Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress."

Bacon, Francis on riches   

"Science is but an image of the truth."

Bacon, Francis on science
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"People of great position are servants times three, servants of their country, servants of fame, and servants of business."

Bacon, Francis on servants   

"Silence is the virtue of fools."

Bacon, Francis on silence
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"Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god."

Bacon, Francis on solitude
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"Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen."

Bacon, Francis on speech
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"The best armor is to keep out of gunshot."

Bacon, Francis on strategies
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"I would live to study, and not study to live."

Bacon, Francis on studying   

"It was prettily devised of Aesop, The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said, what dust do I raise! "

Bacon, Francis on action   

"The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express."

Bacon, Francis on beauty
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"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion."

Bacon, Francis on beauty
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"Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution."

Bacon, Francis on boldness   

"Some books are to be tasted; others to be swallowed; and some few to be chewed and digested."

Bacon, Francis on books - reading
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"Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider."

Bacon, Francis on books - reading
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"If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties."

Bacon, Francis on certainty
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"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."

Bacon, Francis on certainty
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"That things are changed, and that nothing really perishes, and that the sum of matter remains exactly the same, is sufficiently certain."

Bacon, Francis on change
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"In charity there is no excess."

Bacon, Francis on charity   

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"To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the best precepts of long lasting."

Bacon, Francis on cheerfulness   

"There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little, and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more, and not keep their suspicions in smother."

Bacon, Francis on suspicion   

"In thinking, if a person begins with certainties, they shall end in doubts, but if they can begin with doubts, they will end in certainties."

Bacon, Francis on thoughts and thinking
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"To choose time is to save time."

Bacon, Francis on time   

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