Wise Quotes by Francis Bacon

In all superstition wise men follow fools.

— Francis Bacon

You cannot love and be wise.

— Francis Bacon

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

— Francis Bacon

It is impossible to love and be wise.

— Francis Bacon

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

— Francis Bacon

The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are.

— Francis Bacon

There are many wise men that have secret hearts and transparent countenances.

— Francis Bacon

There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise.

— Francis Bacon

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.

— Francis Bacon

Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of their own…

— Francis Bacon

Wise sayings are not only for ornament, but for action and business, having a point or edge, whereby knots in business are…

— Francis Bacon

The master of superstition, is the people; and in all superstition, wise men follow fools; and arguments are fitted to practice, in…

— Francis Bacon

One of the Seven [wise men of Greece] was wont to say: That laws were like cobwebs, where the small flies are…

— Francis Bacon

“Crafty men condemn studies; Simple men admire them; And wise men use them: For they teach not their own use: but that…

— Francis Bacon

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

— Francis Bacon

Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in…

— Francis Bacon

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

Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. For there is a youth in thoughts, as well…

— Francis Bacon

“Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all which may be guides to an…

— Francis Bacon

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or…

— Francis Bacon