Francis Bacon quotes.
All 12 quotations by Francis Bacon in our collection.
“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.”
“There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health.”
“He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils for time is the greatest innovator.”
“Friends are thieves of time.”
“Knowledge is power.”
“A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.”
“Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.”
“It is impossible to love and to be wise.”
“The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.”
“Wise men make more opportunities than they find.”
“The great end of life is not knowledge but action.”
“Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.”
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