The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
In revenge a man is but even with his enemy; for it is a princely thing to pardon, and Solomon saith it… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Men ought to find the difference between saltiness and bitterness. Certainly, he that hath a satirical vein, as he maketh others afraid… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
He that seeketh to be eminent amongst able men hath a great task; but that is ever good for the public. But… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
When a doubt is once received, men labour rather how to keep it a doubt still, than how to solve it; and… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of their own… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Suspicions that the mind, of itself, gathers, are but buzzes; but suspicions that are artificially nourished and put into men's heads by… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
In mathematics I can report no deficiency, except it be that men do not sufficiently understand the excellent use of Pure Mathematics. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I should have been, I don't know, a con-man, a robber or a prostitute. But it was vanity that made me choose… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Mark what a generosity and courage (a dog) will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men, which have sought to express the images of their minds where those… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The human understanding is no dry light, but receives an infusion from the will and affections... What a man had rather were… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I knew a wise man that had it for a by-word, when he saw men hasten to a conclusion, "Stay a little,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Men of noble birth are noted to be envious towards new men when they rise. For the distance is altered, and it… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The errors of young men are the ruin of business, but the errors of aged men amount to this, that more might… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Men leave their riches either to their kindred or their friends, and moderate portions prosper best in both. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“Crafty men condemn studies; Simple men admire them; And wise men use them: For they teach not their own use: but that… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little, and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Man, as the minister and interpreter of nature, is limited in act and understanding by his observation of the order of nature;… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Reading maketh a full man; and writing an axact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he need have a present… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body, and it addeth no small reverence to men's manners and actions if they… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
It is a good point of cunning for a man to shape the answer he would have in his own words and… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Men seem neither to understand their riches nor their strength. Of the former they believe greater things than they should; of the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There is a cunning which we in England call "the turning of the cat" in the pan; which is, when that which… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is Nunc dimittis, when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. Death hath this… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death . .… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The natures and dispositions of men are, not without truth, distinguished from the predominance of the planets. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, in Apollo, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest. — Francis Bacon Copy Share
The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend. — Francis Bacon Copy Share
Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs. — Francis Bacon Copy Share
Painting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down. — Francis Bacon Copy Share
I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision. — Francis Bacon Copy Share
When Christ came into the world, peace was sung; and when He went out of the world, peace was bequeathed. — Francis Bacon Copy Share
...neither is it possible to discover the more remote and deeper parts of any science, if you stand but upon the level of the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share
The divisions of science are not like different lines that meet in one angle, but rather like the branches of trees that join in… — Francis Bacon Copy Share
The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down... forces everything else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although more cogent… — Francis Bacon Copy Share
I should have been, I don't know, a con-man, a robber or a prostitute. But it was vanity that made me choose painting, vanity… — Francis Bacon Copy Share
The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are. — Francis Bacon Copy Share
When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative. — Francis Bacon Copy Share
Believing that I was born for the service of mankind, and regarding the care of the commonwealth as a kind of common property which,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share
