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title: "29 May Quotes By Francis Bacon"
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> [A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/a-man-that-is-young-in-years-may-be-old-in-hours-if-he-have-lost-no/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/look-to-make-your-course-regular-that-men-may-know-beforehand-what/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [For no man can forbid the spark nor tell whence it may come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/for-no-man-can-forbid-the-spark-nor-tell-whence-it-may-come/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [There ought to be gardens for all months in the year, in which, severally, things of beauty may be then in season.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/there-ought-to-be-gardens-for-all-months-in-the-year-in-which/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [For first of all we must prepare a Natural and Experimental History, sufficient and good; and this is the foundation of all;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/for-first-of-all-we-must-prepare-a-natural-and-experimental-history/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [I like, you may say, the glitter and colour that comes from the mouth, and I've always hoped in a sense to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/i-like-you-may-say-the-glitter-and-colour-that-comes-from-the-mouth/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [And as for Mixed Mathematics, I may only make this prediction, that there cannot fail to be more kinds of them, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/and-as-for-mixed-mathematics-i-may-only-make-this-prediction-that/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [I knew a wise man that had it for a by-word, when he saw men hasten to a conclusion, "Stay a little,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/i-knew-a-wise-man-that-had-it-for-a-by-word-when-he-saw-men-hasten-to/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/in-all-negotiations-of-difficulty-a-man-may-not-look-to-sow-and-reap/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [But we may go further, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends; without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/but-we-may-go-further-and-affirm-most-truly-that-it-is-a-mere-and/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/good-fame-is-like-fire-when-you-have-kindled-you-may-easily-preserve/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [Great art is deeply ordered. Even if within the order there may be enormously instinctive and accidental things, nevertheless they come out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/great-art-is-deeply-ordered-even-if-within-the-order-there-may-be/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [Very few people have a natural feeling for painting, and so, of course, they naturally think that painting is an expression of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/very-few-people-have-a-natural-feeling-for-painting-and-so-of-course/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [ I would by all means have men beware, lest Æsop's pretty fable of the fly that sate \[sic\] on the pole of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/i-would-by-all-means-have-men-beware-lest-sop-s-pretty-fable-of-the/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [Since my logic aims to teach and instruct the understanding, not that it may with the slender tendrils of the mind snatch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/since-my-logic-aims-to-teach-and-instruct-the-understanding-not-that/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation, all which may be guides to an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/atheism-leaves-a-man-to-sense-to-philosophy-to-natural-piety-to-laws-2/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [Anger is certainly a kind of baseness; as it appears well in the weakness of those subjects in whom it reigns; children,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/anger-is-certainly-a-kind-of-baseness-as-it-appears-well-in-the/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down... forces everything else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-human-understanding-when-any-preposition-has-been-once-laid-down/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [First therefore let us seek the dignity of knowledge in the archetype or first platform, which is in the attributes and acts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/first-therefore-let-us-seek-the-dignity-of-knowledge-in-the-archetype/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/it-is-true-that-a-little-philosophy-inclineth-man-s-mind-to-atheism/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [The human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion (either as being the received opinion or as being agreeable to itself)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-human-understanding-when-it-has-once-adopted-an-opinion-either-as-2/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [Another argument of hope may be drawn from this-that some of the inventions already known are such as before they were discovered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/another-argument-of-hope-may-be-drawn-from-this-that-some-of-the/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that showeth best by day; but it will not rise to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/truth-may-perhaps-come-to-the-price-of-a-pearl-that-showeth-best-by/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [Nothing opens the heart like a true friend, to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes...and whatever lies upon the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/nothing-opens-the-heart-like-a-true-friend-to-whom-you-may-impart/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [There is no doubt but men of genius and leisure may carry our method to greater perfection, but, having had long experience,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/there-is-no-doubt-but-men-of-genius-and-leisure-may-carry-our-method/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [Lukewarm persons think they may accommodate points of religion by middle ways and witty reconcilements,--as if they would make an arbitrament between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/lukewarm-persons-think-they-may-accommodate-points-of-religion-by/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [A man cannot speak to his son, but as a father; to his wife, but as a husband; to his enemy, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/a-man-cannot-speak-to-his-son-but-as-a-father-to-his-wife-but-as-a/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [The eye of understanding is like the eye of the sense; for as you may see great objects through small crannies or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-eye-of-understanding-is-like-the-eye-of-the-sense-for-as-you-may/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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> [Nor do apophthegms only serve for ornament and delight, but also for action and civil use, as being the edge-tools of speech…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/nor-do-apophthegms-only-serve-for-ornament-and-delight-but-also-for/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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## Other authors on May

## More by Francis Bacon

> [Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/princes-are-like-heavenly-bodies-which-cause-good-or-evil-times-and/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

> [The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-best-preservative-to-keep-the-mind-in-health-is-the-faithful/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

> [Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/since-custom-is-the-principal-magistrate-of-man-s-life-let-men-by-all/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

> [Painting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/painting-today-is-pure-intuition-and-luck-and-taking-advantage-of/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

> [I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/i-usually-accept-bribes-from-both-sides-so-that-tainted-money-can/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

> [Much bending breaks the bow; much unbending the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/much-bending-breaks-the-bow-much-unbending-the-mind/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

> [When Christ came into the world, peace was sung; and when He went out of the world, peace was bequeathed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/when-christ-came-into-the-world-peace-was-sung-and-when-he-went-out/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

> [...neither is it possible to discover the more remote and deeper parts of any science, if you stand but upon the level of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/neither-is-it-possible-to-discover-the-more-remote-and-deeper-parts/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

> [The divisions of science are not like different lines that meet in one angle, but rather like the branches of trees that join in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-divisions-of-science-are-not-like-different-lines-that-meet-in/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

> [The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down... forces everything else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although more cogent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-human-understanding-when-any-preposition-has-been-once-laid-down/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/i-should-have-been-i-don-t-know-a-con-man-a-robber-or-a-prostitute/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

> [Wounds cannot be cured without searching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/wounds-cannot-be-cured-without-searching/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

> [The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-french-are-wiser-than-they-seem-and-the-spaniards-seem-wiser-than/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

> [When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/when-a-man-laughs-at-his-troubles-he-loses-a-great-many-friends-they/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

> [Believing that I was born for the service of mankind, and regarding the care of the commonwealth as a kind of common property which,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/believing-that-i-was-born-for-the-service-of-mankind-and-regarding/)

[Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/)

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