Authors - Francis Bacon
Brief Biography
Francis Bacon (22 January 1561 - 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist and author. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Although his political career ended in disgrace, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution. - Wikipedia
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Quote 1465by Anonymous on 13/01/2011
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.
Quote 3006by Anonymous on 03/02/2011
Never exaggerate your faults. Your friends will attend to that.
Quote 3303by Anonymous on 05/02/2011
Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man.
Quote 3462by Anonymous on 06/02/2011
Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
Quote 4068by Anonymous on 13/02/2011
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
Quote 5046by Anonymous on 10/05/2011
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
Quote 5119by Anonymous on 20/05/2011
Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.
Quote 5207by Anonymous on 05/06/2011
The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.
Quote 5642by Anonymous on 05/08/2011
Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous.
Quote 5652by Anonymous on 18/08/2011
He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many.
Quote 8029by Anonymous on 27/03/2012
Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.
Quote 8380by Anonymous on 08/05/2012
Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.
Quote 8395by Anonymous on 09/05/2012
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
Quote 8551by Anonymous on 18/05/2012
Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
Quote 10139by Anonymous on 15/09/2012
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
Quote 10267by Anonymous on 25/09/2012
Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
Quote 10420by Anonymous on 03/10/2012
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
Quote 10531by Anonymous on 10/10/2012
We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.
Quote 10603by Anonymous on 12/10/2012
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.
Quote 10643by Anonymous on 15/10/2012
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
Quote 11122by Anonymous on 25/11/2012
Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.
Quote 13118by Anonymous on 21/06/2013
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
Quote 13809by Anonymous on 05/09/2013
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
Quote 14085by Anonymous on 04/11/2013
Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
