Another argument of hope may be drawn from this-that some of the inventions already known are such as before they were discovered… — 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
It is by discourse that men associate, and words are imposed according to the apprehension of the vulgar. And therefore the ill… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Men seem neither to understand their riches nor their strength. Of the former they believe greater things than they should; of 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
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
Because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and… — 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
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
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
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
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
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or… — 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
It is a great happiness when men's professions and their inclinations accord. — 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
For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and aversation towards society in any man, hath somewhat of the… — 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
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
God Almighty first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the… — 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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