Best Francis Bacon Sayings
- Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. Beareth
- He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Children
- Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws. Beware
- Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. Commanded
- People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors. Devil
- Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider. Believe
- Acorns were good until bread was found. Acorn
- I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind. Alcoran
- Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. Always Beware
- Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words,… Agreeably
- Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy. Age
- Silence is the virtue of fools. Fool
- Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men. Bachelors
- Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. Extinguished
- Science is but an image of the truth. Image
- The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil. Art
- Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall. Business
- Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom. Friends
- The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. All
- We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. Cannot Command
- It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's… Desire
- Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. Adversity
- God's first creature, which was light. Creature
- He that hath knowledge spareth his words. Funny
- Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability. Ability
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