Francis Bacon Quotes Page 2
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
Francis Bacon
Age |
It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
Francis Bacon
Fate |
There are two ways of spreading light – to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Francis Bacon
Inspirational Quotes |
Reasoning draws a conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain, unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience.
Francis Bacon
Experience |
Religion being the chief band of human society, it is a happy thing, when itself is well contained within the true band of unity.
Francis Bacon, Essays
Happy |
Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced.
Francis Bacon, The New Organon
Wise |
The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
Francis Bacon
Beauty |
For the discovery of a man’s self, by the tracts of his countenance, is a great weakness and betraying; by how much it is many times more marked, and believed, than a man’s words.
Francis Bacon, Essays
Believe |
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
Francis Bacon
Graduation |
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
Francis Bacon
Funny Quotes about Life |
There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
Francis Bacon
Success |
Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.
Francis Bacon
See The Positive In All Situations |
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
Francis Bacon
Quotes about God |
Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.
Francis Bacon
Persistence |
Knowledge and human power are synonymous.
Francis Bacon
Knowledge |
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
Francis Bacon
Book Quotes |
Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.
Francis Bacon
Honesty |
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.
Francis Bacon
Good |
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
Francis Bacon
Hope |
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
Francis Bacon
Kindness Quotes |
The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
Francis Bacon
Proverbs |
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
Francis Bacon
Patience |
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