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
To conclude, therefore, let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain that a man… — 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
Lastly, I would address one general admonition to all: that they consider what are the true ends of knowledge, and that they… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I want to make portraits and images. I don't know how. Out of despair, I just use paint anyway. Suddenly the things… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I use all sorts of things to work with: old brooms, old sweaters, and all kinds of peculiar tools and materials... I… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
For many parts of Nature can neither be invented with sufficient subtlety, nor demonstrated with sufficient perspicuity, nor accommodated unto use with… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affection; to make judgment wholly… — 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
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
Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly. — 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
“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
Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The logic now in use serves rather to fix and give stability to the errors which have their foundation in commonly received… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The registering of doubts hath two excellent uses: the one, that it saveth philosophy from errors and falsehoods; when that which is… — 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
But I account the use that a man should seek of the publishing of his own writings before his death, to be… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Nor do apophthegms only serve for ornament and delight, but also for action and civil use, as being the edge-tools of speech… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Some men covet knowledge out of a natural curiosity and inquisitive temper; some to entertain the mind with variety and delight; some… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold; stir more than they can quiet; fly… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity. — 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
