Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon: Mahomet made the...

Francis Bacon: Mahomet made the...

Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him . . . when the hill stood still, he was never a whit...

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Francis Bacon: Who questions much,...

Francis Bacon: Who questions much,...

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Francis Bacon: Opportunity makes a...

Francis Bacon: Opportunity makes a...

Opportunity makes a thief.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library,...

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Francis Bacon: Be not penny-wise....

Francis Bacon: Be not penny-wise....

Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to...

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Francis Bacon: If money be...

Francis Bacon: If money be...

If money be not they servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as...

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Francis Bacon: Books must follow...

Francis Bacon: Books must follow...

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

Source: Proposition touching...

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Francis Bacon: Silence is the...

Francis Bacon: Silence is the...

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Francis Bacon: Pictures and shapes...

Francis Bacon: Pictures and shapes...

Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.

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Francis Bacon: Antiquities are history...

Francis Bacon: Antiquities are history...

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of...

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Francis Bacon: Money makes a...

Francis Bacon: Money makes a...

Money makes a good servant, but a bad master.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Francis Bacon: [Knowledge is] a...

Francis Bacon: [Knowledge is] a...

[Knowledge is] a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's...

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Francis Bacon: There is a...

Francis Bacon: There is a...

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that...

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Francis Bacon: Science is but...

Francis Bacon: Science is but...

Science is but an image of the truth.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Francis Bacon: The mould of...

Francis Bacon: The mould of...

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Francis Bacon: Many a man's...

Francis Bacon: Many a man's...

Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.

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Francis Bacon: That other principle...

Francis Bacon: That other principle...

That other principle of Lysander, 'That children are to be deceived with comfits, and men with...

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Francis Bacon: I have taken...

Francis Bacon: I have taken...

I have taken all knowledge to be my province.

Source: Letter to Lord Burleigh,...

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Francis Bacon: Speech of yourself...

Francis Bacon: Speech of yourself...

Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Francis Bacon: Nothing is pleasant...

Francis Bacon: Nothing is pleasant...

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Francis Bacon: Who ever is...

Francis Bacon: Who ever is...

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

Source: In The...

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