The greatest trust between man and man is the trust of giving counsel. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
As is the garden such is the gardener. A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Knowledge is a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
A little science estranges a man from God; a lot of science brings him back. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
It cannot be denied that outward accidents conduce much to fortune, favor, opportunity, death of others, occasion fitting virtue; but chiefly, the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
One of the Seven [wise men of Greece] was wont to say: That laws were like cobwebs, where the small flies are… — 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
Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men. — 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
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
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
The dignity of this end of endowment of man's life with new commodity appeareth by the estimation that antiquity made of such… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
My praise shall be dedicated to the mind itself. The mind is the man, and the knowledge is the mind. A man… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There is another ground of hope that must not be omitted. Let men but think over their infinite expenditure of understanding, time,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The stage is more beholding to love than the life of man. For as to the stage, love is ever matter of… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
It is a great happiness when men's professions and their inclinations accord. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Love and envy make a man pine, which other affections do not, because they are not so continual. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either upon an art, or upon a man. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall. — 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
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
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
Men leave their riches either to their kindred or their friends, and moderate portions prosper best in both. — 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
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
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
“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
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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