Francis Bacon Quotes

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
Francis Bacon

Nature, Revenge, Justice

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

Lost, Trying, Between

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
Francis Bacon

Parents, Secret, Fears

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

Change, Worse, Alter

Friends are thieves of time.
Francis Bacon

Time, Friends, Thieves

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.
Francis Bacon

Gardening, God, Human

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.
Francis Bacon

God, Philosophy, Small

The worst men often give the best advice.
Francis Bacon

Best, Men, Give

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
Francis Bacon

Wisdom, Men, Wise

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.
Francis Bacon

Men, Hurt, Wise

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

Thought, Reason, Fortitude

God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.
Francis Bacon

Intelligence, God, Exercise

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

Others, Few, Books

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
Francis Bacon

Time, Truth, Authority

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
Francis Bacon

Women, Age, Men

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
Francis Bacon

Light, Fame, Solid

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
Francis Bacon

End, Shall, Content

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.
Francis Bacon

Science, Him, Study

It is natural to die as to be born.
Francis Bacon

Die, Born, Natural

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

Beauty, Best, Picture

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.
Francis Bacon

Him, Times, Question

But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.
Francis Bacon

Opportunity makes a thief.
Francis Bacon

The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our neighbors.
Francis Bacon

Hate, Ourselves, Hating

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

God, Solitude, Either

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Philosopher

Born: January 21, 1561

Died: April 9, 1626

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