Nothing opens the heart like a true friend, to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes...and whatever lies upon the heart. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that showeth best by day; but it will not rise to the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The zeal which begins with hypocrisy must conclude in treachery at first it deceives, at last it betrays — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Truth is a naked and open daylight, that does not show the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The mystery lies in the irrationality by which you make appearance - if it is not irrational, you make illustration. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The Syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves (which is the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
It is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth… — 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
