[ francis bacon Quotes ]
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A good conscience is a continual feast.
[ Conscience ]
Francis Bacon
16 votes
A graceful and pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.
[ Grace ]
Francis Bacon
15 votes
A man who contemplates revenge keeps his wounds green.
[ Revenge ]
Francis Bacon
19 votes
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
[ Questions ]
Francis Bacon
8 votes
A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.
[ Questions ]
Francis Bacon
17 votes
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
[ Opportunity ]
Francis Bacon
21 votes
Age will not be defied.
[ Age and Aging ]
Francis Bacon
14 votes
All colors will agree in the dark.
[ Prejudice ]
Francis Bacon
25 votes
Ask counsel of both timesof the ancient time what is best, and of the latter time what is fittest.
[ Uncategorised ]
Francis Bacon
14 votes
Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of man.
[ Atheism ]
Francis Bacon
26 votes
By indignities men come to dignities.
[ Insults ]
Francis Bacon
12 votes
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
[ Choice ]
Francis Bacon
16 votes
Consistency is the foundation of virtue.
[ Consistency ]
Francis Bacon
17 votes
Cure the disease and kill the patient.
[ Doctors ]
Francis Bacon
11 votes
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
[ Fame ]
Francis Bacon
26 votes
Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
[ Fate ]
Francis Bacon
27 votes
God almighty first planted a garden: and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasure.
[ Gardening and Gardens ]
Francis Bacon
27 votes
God's first creature, which was light.
[ Creation ]
Francis Bacon
28 votes
Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper.
[ Hope ]
Francis Bacon
17 votes
Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.
[ Home ]
Francis Bacon
29 votes
I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
[ Death and Dying ]
Francis Bacon
23 votes
I hold every man a debtor to his profession.
[ Professions and Professionals ]
Francis Bacon
22 votes
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
[ Courtesy ]
Francis Bacon
19 votes
In charity there is no excess.
[ Charity ]
Francis Bacon
25 votes
It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear.
[ Fear ]
Francis Bacon
27 votes
It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.
[ Politicians and Politics ]
Francis Bacon
14 votes
It is natural to die as to be born.
[ Death and Dying ]
Francis Bacon
6 votes
Knowledge and human power are synonymous.
[ Knowledge ]
Francis Bacon
29 votes
Knowledge is power.
[ Knowledge ]
Francis Bacon
27 votes
Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.
[ Lies and Lying ]
Francis Bacon
11 votes
Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.
[ Life and Living ]
Francis Bacon
15 votes
Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.
[ Consistency ]
Francis Bacon
26 votes
Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.
[ Opposition ]
Francis Bacon
27 votes
Mysteries are due to secrecy.
[ Mystery ]
Francis Bacon
8 votes
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
[ Ability ]
Francis Bacon
22 votes
Nature is commanded by obeying her.
[ Nature ]
Francis Bacon
20 votes
No man's fortune can be an end worthy of his being.
[ Money ]
Francis Bacon
23 votes
None of the affections have been noted to fascinate and bewitch but envy.
[ Envy ]
Francis Bacon
19 votes
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