Best Francis Bacon Words
- It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. Birth
- Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use. Faileth
- Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety. Inspirational
- Rebellions of the belly are the worst. Belly
- The remedy is worse than the disease. Disease
- Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible. Attentively
- Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. Best
- People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. According
- Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and… Advised
- Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be… Abilities
- Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy,… All
- The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together:… Asunder
- There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt… Best
- There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of… Advice
- God Almighty first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man,… Age
- Another diversity of Methods is according to the subject or matter which is handled; for there is a great difference in delivery of the Mathematics,… Abstracted
- For many parts of Nature can neither be invented with sufficient subtlety, nor demonstrated with sufficient perspicuity, nor accommodated unto use with sufficient dexterity, without… Accommodated
- But by far the greatest hindrance and aberration of the human understanding proceeds from the dullness, incompetency, and deceptions of the senses; in that things… Aberration
- I would by all means have men beware, lest Æsop's pretty fable of the fly that sate [sic] on the pole of a chariot at… All
- Man, as the minister and interpreter of nature, is limited in act and understanding by his observation of the order of nature; neither his understanding… Act
- Man, being the servant and interpreter of Nature, can do and understand so much and so much only as he has observed in fact or… Beyond
- Observation and experiment for gathering material, induction and deduction for elaborating it: these are are only good intellectual tools. Deduction
- Liberty of speech invites and provokes liberty to be used again, and so bringeth much to a man's knowledge. Bringeth
- To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none. Fearing
- I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends: for I have taken all knowledge to be my province. All
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