To say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
It is nothing won to admit men with an open door, and to receive them with a shut and reserved countenance. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There are many wise men that have secret hearts and transparent countenances. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
One of the fathers saith . . . that old men go to death, and death comes to young men. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
But by far the greatest obstacle to the progress of science and to the undertaking of new tasks and provinces therein is… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
It is good discretion not make too much of any man at the first; because one cannot hold out that proportion. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Knowledge hath in it somewhat of the serpent, and therefore where it entereth into a man it makes him swell. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Again men have been kept back as by a kind of enchantment from progress in science by reverence for antiquity, by the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Generally he perceived in men of devout simplicity this opinion: that the secrets of nature were the secrets of God, part of… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Brutes by their natural instinct have produced many discoveries, whereas men by discussion and the conclusions of reason have given birth to… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
A man cannot speak to his son, but as a father; to his wife, but as a husband; to his enemy, but… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a meeting, or knot, of a number of… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. For there is a youth in thoughts, as well… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There is no doubt but men of genius and leisure may carry our method to greater perfection, but, having had long experience,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Anger is certainly a kind of baseness; as it appears well in the weakness of those subjects in whom it reigns; children,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
In Philosophy, the contemplations of man do either penetrate unto God, or are circumferred to Nature, or are reflected and reverted upon… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“The men of experiment are like the ant, they only collect and use; the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation, all which may be guides to an… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The great advantages of simulation and dissimulation are three. First to lay asleep opposition and to surprise. For where a man's intentions… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge: for… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Children sweeten labours. But they make misfortune more bitter. They increase the care of life. But they mitigate the remembrance of death.… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The Idols of Tribe have their foundation in human nature itself, and in the tribe or race of men. For it is… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
First therefore let us seek the dignity of knowledge in the archetype or first platform, which is in the attributes and acts… — 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
I would by all means have men beware, lest Æsop's pretty fable of the fly that sate [sic] on the pole of… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Another error is an impatience of doubt and haste to assertion without due and mature suspension of judgment. For the two ways… — 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
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