They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Let the mind be enlarged... to the grandeur of the mysteries, and not the mysteries contracted to the narrowness of the mind — 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
A little science estranges a man from God; a lot of science brings him back. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“ Aristippus said: That those that studied particular sciences, and neglected philosophy, were like Penelope's wooers, that made love to the waiting women. ” — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
...to invent is to discover that we know not, and not to recover or resummon that which we already know — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
It is madness and a contradiction to expect that things which were never yet performed should be effected, except by means hitherto… — 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
“Nay, the same Solomon the king, although he excelled in the glory of treasure and magnificent buildings, of shipping and navigation, of… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The human understanding is moved by those things most which strike and enter the mind simultaneously and suddenly, and so fill the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure in itself.” — 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
Neither the naked hand nor the understanding left to itself can effect much. It is by instruments and helps that the work… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends: for I have taken all knowledge to… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
...those experiments be not only esteemed which have an immediate and present use, but those principally which are of most universal consequence… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
It is idle to expect any great advancement in science from the superinducing and engrafting of new things upon old. We must… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The End of our Foundation is the knowledge of Causes; and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“ Aristotle ... a mere bond-servant to his logic, thereby rendering it contentious...” — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Nevertheless if any skillful Servant of Nature shall bring force to bear on matter, and shall vex it and drive it 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
