Francis Bacon quotes - page 3

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying. (Francis Bacon)
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. View quote
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The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. View quote
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The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery. View quote
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Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. View quote
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. View quote
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. View quote
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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. View quote
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Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom. View quote
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The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs. View quote
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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power. (Francis Bacon)
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. View quote
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books. View quote
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Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. View quote
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Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. View quote
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Man, being the servant and interpreter of nature, can do and understand so much and so much only as he has observed in fact or in thought of the course of nature beyond this he neither knows anything nor can do anything. View quote
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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. View quote
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Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall. View quote
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible. View quote
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The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express. View quote
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The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears. (Francis Bacon)
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. View quote
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Nay, number itself in armies importeth not much, where the people is of weak courage for, as Virgil saith, It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep be. View quote
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Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. View quote
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I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind. View quote
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