Francis Bacon's Quotes

Francis Bacon's Quotes 164

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.

What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of...

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of...

Science is but an image of the truth.

The quarrels and divisions about religion were evils unknown to the heathen....

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power...

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the...

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the...

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy...

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have...

By indignities men come to dignities.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to...

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