The first question concerning the Celestial Bodies is whether there be a system, that is whether the world or universe compose together… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There is nothing more certain in nature than that it is impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The human understanding of its own nature is prone to suppose the existence of more order and regularity in the world than… — 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
The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
That which above all other yields the sweetest smell in the air is the violet. — 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
Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
It is a secret both in nature and state, that it is safer to change many things than one. — 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
Of all the things in nature, the formation and endowment of man was singled out by the ancients. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it… — 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
The true bounds and limitations, whereby human knowledge is confined and circumscribed,... are three: the first, that we do not so place… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
We think according to nature. We speak according to rules. We act according to custom. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“He that seeketh victory over his nature, let him not set himself too great, nor too small tasks; for the first will… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
We must see whether the same clock with weights will go faster at the top of a mountain or at the bottom… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“And yet surely to alchemy this right is due, that it may be compared to the husbandman whereof Aesop makes the fable,… — 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
