There are many wise men that have secret hearts and transparent countenances. — 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
It is a true rule that love is ever rewarded, either with the reciproque or with an inward and secret contempt. — 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
Then bless thy secret growth, nor catch At noise, but thrive unseen and dumb; Keep clean, be as fruit, earn life, and… — 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
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
There is in man's nature a secret inclination and motion towards love of others, which, if it be not spent upon some… — 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
