Francis Bacon Quotes

• 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.

  Francis Bacon

  Topics in Death, Fear

  Tags in Men

• By indignities men come to dignities.

  Francis Bacon

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Men

• Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.

  Francis Bacon

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Men

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

  Francis Bacon

  Topics in Art

  Tags in Intercourse, Social, Only, Attempt, Fashion, Realize, Forms, Living

• He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune.

  Francis Bacon

  Topics in Commitment, Family

  Tags in Marriage

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

  Francis Bacon

  Topics in Age

  Tags in Than, Am, Always, Year, Never, Old, Older, Will, Man

• The contemplation of things as they are, without substitution or imposture, without error or confusion, is in itself a nobler thing than a whole harvest of invention.

  Francis Bacon

  Topics in Confusion, Mistake, Truth

  Tags in Illusions, Observation, Understanding, Imagination

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

   

  Francis Bacon

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Discovers, Imagination

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

  Francis Bacon

  Topics in God

  Tags in Garden, Human

• We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.

  Francis Bacon

  Topics in Friendship

  Tags in Enemies, Forgiveness

• Silence is the virtue of fools.

  Francis Bacon

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Virtue, Silence

• Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

  Francis Bacon

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Adversity, Virtue

• A prudent question is one half of wisdom.

  Francis Bacon

  Topics in Wisdom

  Tags in Questions

• Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

  Francis Bacon

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Adversity, Prosperity

• Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.

  Francis Bacon

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Adversity, Prosperity

• 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

  Topics in Humor

  Tags in Given, Sense

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

  Francis Bacon

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Travel

• If a man’s wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

  Francis Bacon

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in School

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

  Francis Bacon

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Change

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

  Francis Bacon

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Change

Francis Bacon (265)

Birth:	22nd January, 1561
Death:	9th April, 1626
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Philosopher, Scientist, Statesman

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Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist, and author. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. After his death, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution.

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