Quotes By Francis Bacon

Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.  ~ Francis Bacon


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.  ~ Francis Bacon


A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.  ~ Francis Bacon


A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.  ~ Francis Bacon


They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations.  ~ Francis Bacon


Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.  ~ Francis Bacon


For no man can forbid the spark nor tell whence it may come.  ~ Francis Bacon


Time is the author of authors.  ~ Francis Bacon


He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.  ~ Francis Bacon


The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.  ~ Francis Bacon


Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.  ~ Francis Bacon


There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.  ~ Francis Bacon


Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.  ~ Francis Bacon


Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.  ~ Francis Bacon


Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.  ~ Francis Bacon


Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.  ~ Francis Bacon


Silence is the virtue of fools.  ~ Francis Bacon


A little science estranges a man from God. A lot of science brings him back.  ~ Francis Bacon


The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.  ~ Francis Bacon


There arises from a bad and inapt formation of words, a wonderful obstruction to the mind.  ~ Francis Bacon


A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.  ~ Francis Bacon


There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.  ~ Francis Bacon


It is impossible to love and be wise.  ~ Francis Bacon


If a man is gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows that he is a citizen of the world.  ~ Francis Bacon


Parents who wish to train up their children in the way they should go must go in the way in which they would have their children go.  ~ Francis Bacon


To say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men.  ~ Francis Bacon


He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many.  ~ Francis Bacon


God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.  ~ Francis Bacon


It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.  ~ Francis Bacon


Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.  ~ Francis Bacon


Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest shall be provided or its loss shall not be felt.  ~ Francis Bacon


They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.  ~ 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.  ~ Francis Bacon


The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.  ~ Francis Bacon


A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.  ~ Francis Bacon


In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.  ~ Francis Bacon


Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.  ~ Francis Bacon


The images of men's wit and knowledge remain in books, exempted the worry of time and capable of renovation.  ~ Francis Bacon


Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.  ~ Francis Bacon


Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.  ~ Francis Bacon


Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.  ~ Francis Bacon


By far the best proof is experience.  ~ Francis Bacon


The virtue of adversity is fortitude, which in mortals is the heroical virtue. ~ Francis Bacon


The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.  ~ Francis Bacon


Athiesm is rather in the lip than in the heart of man.  ~ Francis Bacon


To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.  ~ Francis Bacon


Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.  ~ Francis Bacon


The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.  ~ Francis Bacon


Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted ...but to weigh and consider.  ~ Francis Bacon


Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.  ~ Francis Bacon


Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.  ~ Francis Bacon