Francis Bacon Quotes

Francis Bacon was born in England. He was an English Philosopher who quotes continue to live on and apply in modern day.

One of our favorite quotes by Bacon is: "The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands."

Below are words of wisdom in the form of inspirational quotes and motivational quotes by Francis Bacon: Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
Francis Bacon

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
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A man is but what he knows.
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Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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All rising to great place is by a winding stair.
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God Almighty first planted a garden.
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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
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Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
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A healthy body is the guest-chamber of the soul; a sick, its prison.
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Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.
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Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.
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Books will speak plain when counsellors blanch.
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Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.
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Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.
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Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
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The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.
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A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.
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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
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Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.
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A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.
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He that hath knowledge spareth his words.
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Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
Francis Bacon

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
Francis Bacon

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.
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God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.
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Knowledge and human power are synonymous.
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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
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Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.
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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.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
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The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
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Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
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As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.
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Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.
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God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.
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The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
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Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends, but he joyeth the more; and no man that imparteth his grieves to his friend, but he grieveth the less.
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