--- title: "7 Young man Quotes By Francis Bacon" description: "7 Young man quotes by Francis Bacon. Plus more from Francis Bacon and more Young man sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/francis-bacon-297_age_generally-youth-is-like-the-first-cogita_1383261.jpg" --- > [Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. For there is a youth in thoughts, as well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/generally-youth-is-like-the-first-cogitations-not-so-wise-as-the/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/francis-bacon-297_age_generally-youth-is-like-the-first-cogita_1383261.jpg) > [One of the fathers saith . . . that old men go to death, and death comes to young men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/one-of-the-fathers-saith-that-old-men-go-to-death-and-death-comes-to/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0f/francis-bacon-297_death_one-of-the-fathers-saith-that-old-men-go_1402523.jpg) > [He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/he-that-hath-wife-and-children-hath-given-hostages-to-fortune-for/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/francis-bacon-297_affection_he-that-hath-wife-and-children-hath-give_1901221.jpg) > [The errors of young men are the ruin of business, but the errors of aged men amount to this, that more might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/the-errors-of-young-men-are-the-ruin-of-business-but-the-errors-of/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f1/francis-bacon-297_amount_the-errors-of-young-men-are-the-ruin-of_2143445.jpg) > [There was a young man in Rome that was very like Augustus Caesar; Augustus took knowledge of it and sent for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/there-was-a-young-man-in-rome-that-was-very-like-augustus-caesar/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06b/francis-bacon-297_augustus_there-was-a-young-man-in-rome-that-was-v_2582107.jpg) > [A young man not yet, an elder man not at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bacon/a-young-man-not-yet-an-elder-man-not-at-all/) [Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83e/francis-bacon-297_aging_a-young-man-not-yet-an-elder-man-not-at_2945652.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) ## Other authors on Young man ## 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/young-man/francis-bacon/#itemlist", "name": "7 Young man Quotes By Francis Bacon", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. 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