Francis Bacon Quotes

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.
Francis Bacon

For also knowledge itself is power.
Francis Bacon

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.
Francis Bacon

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

Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
Francis Bacon

Friends are thieves of time.
Francis Bacon

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.
Francis Bacon

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

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
Francis Bacon

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

God's first creature, which was light.
Francis Bacon

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.
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

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.
Francis Bacon

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.
Francis Bacon

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

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

Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.
Francis Bacon

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
Francis Bacon

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind.
Francis Bacon

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Francis Bacon Quotes

Type: Philosopher Quotes Category: English Philosopher Quotes Date of Birth: January 21, 1561 Date of Death: April 9, 1626 Nationality: English Find on Amazon: Francis Bacon Related Authors: Alan Watts John Locke Thomas Hobbes Roger Bacon John Stuart Mill Herbert Spencer Annie Besant William Ames	1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse. Francis Bacon For also knowledge itself is power. Francis Bacon For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages. Francis Bacon Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason. Francis Bacon Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall. Francis Bacon Friends are thieves of time. Francis Bacon Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom. Francis Bacon God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. Francis Bacon God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires. Francis Bacon God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave. Francis Bacon God's first creature, which was light. Francis Bacon Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again. 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 He that hath knowledge spareth his words. Francis Bacon He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Francis Bacon He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. Francis Bacon Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. Francis Bacon Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity. Francis Bacon I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death. Francis Bacon I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind. Francis Bacon 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7