Best Francis Bacon Wisdom
- It cannot be that axioms established by argumentation should avail for the discovery of new works, since the subtlety of nature is greater many times… Active
- Take an arrow, and hold it in flame for the space of ten pulses, and when it cometh forth you shall find those parts of… Air
- There were taken apples, and ... closed up in wax. ... After a month's space, the apple inclosed in was was as green and fresh… Air
- Doctor Johnson said, that in sickness there were three things that were material; the physician, the disease, and the patient: and if any two of… Any
- Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity. Absurdity
- Reading maketh a full man; and writing an axact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he need have a present wit; and if… Cunning
- For no man can forbid the spark nor tell whence it may come. Forbid
- the serpent if it wants to become the dragon must eat itself. Dragon
- Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly. Book
- To say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men. Brave
- Parents who wish to train up their children in the way they should go must go in the way in which they would have their… Children
- Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some… Attention
- The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship. Best Friend
- Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it. Dispels
- Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true. Belief
- God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But… All
- To conclude, therefore, let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain that a man can search too… Applied
- Books speak plain when counselors blanch. Blanch
- It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself. Die
- Ipsa scientia potestas est. (Knowledge itself is power.) Education
- The Idols of Tribe have their foundation in human nature itself, and in the tribe or race of men. For it is a false assertion… According
- Wonder is the seed of knowledge Inspirational
- Truth is a naked and open daylight, that does not show the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily… Add
- Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country before he… Country
- Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our… Begin
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