Francis Bacon Quotes

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.

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

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.

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

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.

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

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.

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

A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

Knowledge is power.

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

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

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.