--- title: "26 Use Quotes By Francis Bacon" description: "26 Use quotes by Francis Bacon. Plus more from Francis Bacon and more Use sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/francis-bacon-297_conceit_of-great-wealth-there-is-no-real-use-exc_1986255.jpg" --- > [Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/of-great-wealth-there-is-no-real-use-except-in-its-distribution-the/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/francis-bacon-297_conceit_of-great-wealth-there-is-no-real-use-exc_1986255.jpg) > [Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/money-is-like-manure-of-very-little-use-except-it-be-spread/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0e/francis-bacon-297_manure_money-is-like-manure-of-very-little-use_3124040.jpg) > [Man seeketh in society comfort, use and protection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/man-seeketh-in-society-comfort-use-and-protection/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03e/francis-bacon-297_comfort_man-seeketh-in-society-comfort-use-and-p_2990042.jpg) > [Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/many-a-man-s-strength-is-in-opposition-and-when-he-faileth-he-grows/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/francis-bacon-297_grows_many-a-man-s-strength-is-in-opposition-a_264206.jpg) > [Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/houses-are-built-to-live-in-and-not-to-look-on-therefore-let-use-be/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b0/francis-bacon-297_built_houses-are-built-to-live-in-and-not-to-l_3144900.jpg) > [Medical men do not know the drugs they use, nor their prices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/medical-men-do-not-know-the-drugs-they-use-nor-their-prices/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/francis-bacon-297_doctor_medical-men-do-not-know-the-drugs-they-u_2369529.jpg) > [I use all sorts of things to work with: old brooms, old sweaters, and all kinds of peculiar tools and materials... I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/i-use-all-sorts-of-things-to-work-with-old-brooms-old-sweaters-and/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/168/francis-bacon-297_all-kinds_i-use-all-sorts-of-things-to-work-with-o_485689.jpg) > [Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/seek-not-proud-riches-but-such-as-thou-mayest-get-justly-use-soberly/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/francis-bacon-297_advice_seek-not-proud-riches-but-such-as-thou-m_1668309.jpg) > [To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affection; to make judgment wholly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/to-spend-too-much-time-in-studies-is-sloth-to-use-them-too-much-for/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/522/francis-bacon-297_affection_to-spend-too-much-time-in-studies-is-slo_859118.jpg) > [“Crafty men condemn studies; Simple men admire them; And wise men use them: For they teach not their own use: but that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/crafty-men-condemn-studies-simple-men-admire-them-and-wise-men-use/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/francis-bacon-297_admire_crafty-men-condemn-studies-simple-men-ad_203068.jpg) > [The logic now in use serves rather to fix and give stability to the errors which have their foundation in commonly received…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-logic-now-in-use-serves-rather-to-fix-and-give-stability-to-the/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/francis-bacon-297_doe_the-logic-now-in-use-serves-rather-to-fi_2252598.jpg) > [In mathematics I can report no deficiency, except it be that men do not sufficiently understand the excellent use of Pure Mathematics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/in-mathematics-i-can-report-no-deficiency-except-it-be-that-men-do/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/francis-bacon-297_deficiency_in-mathematics-i-can-report-no-deficienc_2414561.jpg) > [There is another ground of hope that must not be omitted. Let men but think over their infinite expenditure of understanding, time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/there-is-another-ground-of-hope-that-must-not-be-omitted-let-men-but/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47b/francis-bacon-297_difficulty_there-is-another-ground-of-hope-that-mus_131604.jpg) > [I want to make portraits and images. I don't know how. Out of despair, I just use paint anyway. Suddenly the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/i-want-to-make-portraits-and-images-i-don-t-know-how-out-of-despair-i/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/francis-bacon-297_accurate_i-want-to-make-portraits-and-images-i-do_262030.jpg) > [Some men covet knowledge out of a natural curiosity and inquisitive temper; some to entertain the mind with variety and delight; some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/some-men-covet-knowledge-out-of-a-natural-curiosity-and-inquisitive/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca5/francis-bacon-297_benefits_some-men-covet-knowledge-out-of-a-natura_3049141.jpg) > [But I account the use that a man should seek of the publishing of his own writings before his death, to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/but-i-account-the-use-that-a-man-should-seek-of-the-publishing-of-his/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d89/francis-bacon-297_accounts_but-i-account-the-use-that-a-man-should_2567200.jpg) > [“The men of experiment are like the ant, they only collect and use; the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-men-of-experiment-are-like-the-ant-they-only-collect-and-use-the/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bb/francis-bacon-297_ants_the-men-of-experiment-are-like-the-ant-t_1904938.jpg) > [Nor do apophthegms only serve for ornament and delight, but also for action and civil use, as being the edge-tools of speech…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/nor-do-apophthegms-only-serve-for-ornament-and-delight-but-also-for/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95d/francis-bacon-297_action_nor-do-apophthegms-only-serve-for-orname_2663437.jpg) > [...those experiments be not only esteemed which have an immediate and present use, but those principally which are of most universal consequence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/those-experiments-be-not-only-esteemed-which-have-an-immediate-and/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba8/francis-bacon-297_benefits_those-experiments-be-not-only-esteemed-w_1858933.jpg) > [For many parts of Nature can neither be invented with sufficient subtlety, nor demonstrated with sufficient perspicuity, nor accommodated unto use with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/for-many-parts-of-nature-can-neither-be-invented-with-sufficient/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0a/francis-bacon-297_aids_for-many-parts-of-nature-can-neither-be_660186.jpg) > [To conclude, therefore, let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain that a man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/to-conclude-therefore-let-no-man-upon-a-weak-conceit-of-sobriety-or/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/francis-bacon-297_book_to-conclude-therefore-let-no-man-upon-a_162866.jpg) > [The registering of doubts hath two excellent uses: the one, that it saveth philosophy from errors and falsehoods; when that which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-registering-of-doubts-hath-two-excellent-uses-the-one-that-it/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bc/francis-bacon-297_appearing_the-registering-of-doubts-hath-two-excel_2358352.jpg) > [But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge: for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/but-the-greatest-error-of-all-the-rest-is-the-mistaking-or-misplacing/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13e/francis-bacon-297_accounts_but-the-greatest-error-of-all-the-rest-i_1272223.jpg) > [Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold; stir more than they can quiet; fly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/young-men-in-the-conduct-and-manage-of-actions-embrace-more-than-they/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/francis-bacon-297_acknowledge_young-men-in-the-conduct-and-manage-of-a_3052446.jpg) > [In Philosophy, the contemplations of man do either penetrate unto God, or are circumferred to Nature, or are reflected and reverted upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/in-philosophy-the-contemplations-of-man-do-either-penetrate-unto-god/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d7/francis-bacon-297_all-things_in-philosophy-the-contemplations-of-man_1377957.jpg) > [Lastly, I would address one general admonition to all: that they consider what are the true ends of knowledge, and that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/lastly-i-would-address-one-general-admonition-to-all-that-they/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cf/francis-bacon-297_addresses_lastly-i-would-address-one-general-admon_209647.jpg) ## Other authors on Use ## More by Francis Bacon > [Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/princes-are-like-heavenly-bodies-which-cause-good-or-evil-times-and/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) > [The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-best-preservative-to-keep-the-mind-in-health-is-the-faithful/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) > [Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/since-custom-is-the-principal-magistrate-of-man-s-life-let-men-by-all/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) > [Painting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/painting-today-is-pure-intuition-and-luck-and-taking-advantage-of/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) > [I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/i-usually-accept-bribes-from-both-sides-so-that-tainted-money-can/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) > [Much bending breaks the bow; much unbending the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/much-bending-breaks-the-bow-much-unbending-the-mind/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) > [When Christ came into the world, peace was sung; and when He went out of the world, peace was bequeathed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/when-christ-came-into-the-world-peace-was-sung-and-when-he-went-out/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) > [...neither is it possible to discover the more remote and deeper parts of any science, if you stand but upon the level of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/neither-is-it-possible-to-discover-the-more-remote-and-deeper-parts/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) > [The divisions of science are not like different lines that meet in one angle, but rather like the branches of trees that join in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-divisions-of-science-are-not-like-different-lines-that-meet-in/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) > [The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down... forces everything else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although more cogent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-human-understanding-when-any-preposition-has-been-once-laid-down/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/i-should-have-been-i-don-t-know-a-con-man-a-robber-or-a-prostitute/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) > [Wounds cannot be cured without searching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/wounds-cannot-be-cured-without-searching/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) > [The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-french-are-wiser-than-they-seem-and-the-spaniards-seem-wiser-than/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) > [When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/when-a-man-laughs-at-his-troubles-he-loses-a-great-many-friends-they/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) > [Believing that I was born for the service of mankind, and regarding the care of the commonwealth as a kind of common property which,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/believing-that-i-was-born-for-the-service-of-mankind-and-regarding/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/use/francis-bacon/#itemlist", "name": "26 Use Quotes By Francis Bacon", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": 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