“It Is The Wisdom Of Crocodiles, That Shed Tears When They Would Devour” — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“There be many wise men, that have secret hearts, and transparent countenances.” — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There are many wise men that have secret hearts and transparent countenances. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
It is the wisdom of the crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Wise sayings are not only for ornament, but for action and business, having a point or edge, whereby knots in business are… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
One of the Seven [wise men of Greece] was wont to say: That laws were like cobwebs, where the small flies are… — 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
I knew a wise man that had it for a by-word, when he saw men hasten to a conclusion, "Stay a little,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
He that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils: for Time is the greatest innovator: and if Time, of course,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The master of superstition, is the people; and in all superstition, wise men follow fools; and arguments are fitted to practice, in… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“Solomon saith, 'He that considereth the wind, shall not sow, and he that looketh to the clouds, shall not reap.' A wise… — 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
There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning are more durable than the monuments of power, or of the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The wonder of a single snowflake outweighs the wisdom of a million meteorologists. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
For it is not possible to join serpentine wisdom with columbine innocence, except men know exactly all the conditions of the serpent:… — 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
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