Quotes By Francis Bacon

As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.

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

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

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.

It is natural to die as to be born.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

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

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

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

Acorns were good until bread was found.

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Rebellions of the belly are the worst.

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.

They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.

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

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other.

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

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.

Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.

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

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.

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