Famous Francis Bacon Quotations

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"Money is like muck, not good except it be spread."
by Francis Bacon
"Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter."
by Francis Bacon
"A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green."
by Francis Bacon
"A prudent question is one-half of wisdom."
by Francis Bacon
"The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears."
by Francis Bacon
"The place of justice is a hallowed place."
by Francis Bacon
"The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding."
by Francis Bacon
"The worst solitude is to have no real friendships."
by Francis Bacon
"There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying."
by Francis Bacon
"They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils."
by Francis Bacon
"We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do."
by Francis Bacon
"Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god."
by Francis Bacon
"Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much."
by Francis Bacon
"Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable."
by Francis Bacon
"Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business."
by Francis Bacon
"Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time."
by Francis Bacon
"Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men."
by Francis Bacon
"God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave."
by Francis Bacon
"Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason."
by Francis Bacon
"Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity."
by Francis Bacon
"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."
by Francis Bacon
"If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us."
by Francis Bacon
"If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics."
by Francis Bacon
"It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other."
by Francis Bacon
"Knowledge is Power."
by Francis Bacon
"Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety."
by Francis Bacon
"Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man."
by Francis Bacon
"People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom."
by Francis Bacon
"Silence is the virtue of fools."
by Francis Bacon
"Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out."
by Francis Bacon
"Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God."
by Francis Bacon
"Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory."
by Francis Bacon
"Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New."
by Francis Bacon
"Science is but an image of the truth."
by Francis Bacon
"Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use."
by Francis Bacon
"Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice."
by Francis Bacon
"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 self."
by Francis Bacon
"Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid."
by Francis Bacon
"I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death."
by Francis Bacon
"For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages."
by Francis Bacon
"For also knowledge itself is power."
by Francis Bacon
"Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again."
by Francis Bacon
"God's first creature, which was light."
by Francis Bacon
"Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable."
by Francis Bacon
"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."
by Francis Bacon
"The great end of life is not knowledge but action."
by Francis Bacon
"There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool."
by Francis Bacon
"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."
by Francis Bacon
"Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other."
by Francis Bacon
"Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt."
by Francis Bacon
"Never exaggerate your faults. Your friends will attend to that."
by Francis Bacon
"Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study."
by Sir Francis Bacon
"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present."
by Francis Bacon
"Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue."
by Sir Francis Bacon
"A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner."
by Francis Bacon
"A good life is a series of joyful meetings and joyful moments."
by Francis Bacon
"A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion."
by Francis Bacon
"A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth man's minds about to religion."
by Francis Bacon
"A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it."
by Francis Bacon
"A prudent question is one-half of wisdom"
by Francis Bacon
"A prudent question is one half of wisdom."
by Sir Francis Bacon
"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."
by Francis Bacon
"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds"
by Francis Bacon
"Acorns were good until bread was found."
by Francis Bacon
"Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."
by Francis Bacon
"All colours will agree in the dark."
by Francis Bacon
"As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time."
by Francis Bacon
"Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation, all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not but superstition dismounts all these, and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men...the master of superstition is the people and arguments are fitted to practice, in a reverse order."
by Francis Bacon
"Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite."
by Francis Bacon
"Believe not much them that seem to despise riches, for they despise them that despair of them."
by Francis Bacon
"Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books."
by Sir Francis Bacon
"But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on."
by Francis Bacon
"By indignities men come to dignities."
by Francis Bacon
"By far the best proof is experience."
by Sir Francis Bacon
"Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue."
by Sir Francis Bacon
"Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue."
by Francis Bacon
"Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home."
by Sir Francis Bacon
"Death is a friend of ours and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home."
by Francis Bacon
"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, or in good order."
by Francis Bacon
"Discretion in speech is more than eloquence."
by Sir Francis Bacon
"Dolendi modus, timendi non item.
(To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.)"
by Sir Francis Bacon
"Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse."
by Francis Bacon
"For those who intend to discover and to understand, not to indulge in conjectures and soothsaying, and rather than contrive imitation and fabulous worlds plan to look deep into the nature of the real world and to dissect it -- for them everything must be sought in things themselves."
by Francis Bacon
"For there is no question but a just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war."
by Sir Francis Bacon
"Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall."
by Francis Bacon
"Friends are thieves of time."
by Francis Bacon
"Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom."
by Francis Bacon
"God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires."
by Francis Bacon
"God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures."
by Francis Bacon
"He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many."
by Sir Francis Bacon
"He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief."
by Francis Bacon
"He that hath knowledge spareth his words."
by Francis Bacon
"He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other."
by Francis Bacon
"He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator."
by Sir Francis Bacon
"He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils for time is the greatest innovator."
by Francis Bacon
"Histories make men wise poets, witty the mathematics, subtle natural philosophy, deep moral, grave logic and rhetoric, able to contend."
by Francis Bacon
"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."
by Francis Bacon
"Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had."
by Sir Francis Bacon
"Houses are built to live in, not to look on therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had."
by Francis Bacon
"I have taken all knowledge to by my province."
by Sir Francis Bacon


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