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Francis Bacon Quotes - Page 8

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If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.

Kindness, Men, Grace

Essays "Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature" (1625)

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.

Fire, May, Fame

Francis Bacon (1765). “The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes”, p.627

Mysteries are due to secrecy.

Mystery, Secrecy, Dues

Francis Bacon (1838). “The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay”, p.265

There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.

Knowledge, Concurrence

Francis Bacon (1873). “The Advancement of Learning”, p.219

All will come out in the washing.

Cleanliness, Washing

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

Atheist, Philosophy, Men

Essays "Of Atheism" (1625)

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

Death, Fear, Children

Essays "Of Death" (1625)

Ill Fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.

Fate, Men, Fortune

Knowledge is power.

Inspirational, Strength, Graduation

Francis Bacon, Peter Shaw (1733). “The philosophical works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord High-Chancellor of England: Methodized, and made English from the Originals, with occasional notes, To explain what is obscure; and show how far the several PLANS of the AUTHOR, for the Advancement of all the Parts of Knowledge, have been executed to the Present Time”, p.99

Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason

Exercise, Men, Return

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

Genius, Spirit, Wit

Judges ought above all to remember the conclusion of the Roman Twelve Tables :The supreme law of all is the weal [weatlh/ well-being] of the people.

Law, Judging, People

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.

Green Plants, Giving, Needs

Francis Bacon (1765). “The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes”, p.579

It is the wisdom of the crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.

Tears, Atheism, Crocodiles

Essays "Of Wisdom for a Man's Self " (1625)

To spend too much time in studies is sloth.

Sloth, Too Much, Study

'Essays' (1625) 'Of Studies'

Nothing is to be feared but fear itself. Nothing grievous but to yield to grief.

Grief, Yield

Francis Bacon, Brian Vickers (1996). “The Major Works”, p.26, Oxford University Press, USA

Books will speak plain when counselors blanch.

Book, Speak, Counselor

"The Essays: Or Councils, Civil & Moral, of Francis Bacon".

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Stones, Rich, Virtue

'Essays' (1625) 'Of Beauty'

Cure the disease and kill the patient.

Disease, Patient, Cures

Essays "Of Friendship" (1625)

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

Life, Nature, Travel

'The Advancement of Learning' (1605) bk. 2, ch. 7, sect. 5

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

Running, Weed, Nature

Essays "Of Revenge" (1625)

In all superstition wise men follow fools.

Wise, Men, Superstitions

1625 Essays, no.17,'Of Superstition'.

In revenge a man is but even with his enemy; for it is a princely thing to pardon, and Solomon saith it is the glory of a man to pass over a transgression.

Revenge, Men, Enemy

He that cometh to seek after knowledge, with a mind to scorn, shall be sure to find matter for his humour, but no matter for his instruction.

Knowledge, Mind, Matter

Francis Bacon (1765). “The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes”, p.162

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.

Jobs, Affliction, Ghost

'Essays' (1625) 'Of Adversity'

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