Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Journeys at youth are part of the education; but at maturity, are part of the experience. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Learning teaches how to carry things in suspense, without prejudice, till you resolve it. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
They are the best physicians, who being great in learning most incline to the traditions of experience, or being distinguished in practice… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The study of nature with a view to works is engaged in by the mechanic, the mathematician, the physician, the alchemist, and… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Another diversity of Methods is according to the subject or matter which is handled; for there is a great difference in delivery… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
For there is a great difference in delivery of the mathematics , which are the most abstracted of knowledges, and policy ,… — 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 Image
The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend. — 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
Painting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
When Christ came into the world, peace was sung; and when He went out of the world, peace was bequeathed. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
...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 Image
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 Image
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 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 painting, vanity… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
