Francis Bacon Quotes

Great hypocrite are the real atheists.

Francis Bacon

Great hypocrite are the real atheists.

Francis Bacon

Gardening is the purest of human pleasures

Francis Bacon

Imagination was given to man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

Francis Bacon

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.

Francis Bacon

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Francis Bacon

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

Francis Bacon

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

Francis Bacon

Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man,and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Francis Bacon

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

Francis Bacon

God almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures

Francis Bacon

Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it

Francis Bacon

A healthy body is a guest chamber for the soul: a sick body is a prison.

Francis Bacon

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.

Francis Bacon