90 Francis Bacon Quotes for You to Enjoy

Francis Bacon

English Philosopher

Born: Jan 22, 1561

Died: Apr 9, 1626

God Good Life Man Men Will

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Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy. Francis Bacon

Life Age Happy Miserable Moment

Knowledge and human power are synonymous. Francis Bacon

Knowledge Power Synonymous Human Human Power

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self. Francis Bacon

Man Strange Liberty Power Lose Others Seek Self Over Desire

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

Time First Living Innovations Which Creatures Living Creatures

The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied. Francis Bacon

Happy Sees Nobody Makes Person Which Fortune

Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Francis Bacon

Beauty Itself Infinite Sensible Image

Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice. Francis Bacon

Religion Justice Care Promote Next Your

The place of justice is a hallowed place. Francis Bacon

Justice Hallowed Place

He that hath knowledge spareth his words. Francis Bacon

Knowledge Words Hath He His

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. Francis Bacon

Experience Natural Plants Too Much Too Ability Give Directions Except Studies Study Bounded Like Pruning Forth Themselves Much Large Need

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

Time History Some Casually Shipwreck Escaped Which

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs. Francis Bacon

Genius Nation Spirit Wit Proverbs Discovered

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter. Francis Bacon

Bitter More Misfortunes Make Labours Children

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little. Francis Bacon

Man Nothing More Know Makes Than Suspect Little Much

The great end of life is not knowledge but action. Francis Bacon

Life Great Knowledge Action End

Rebellions of the belly are the worst. Francis Bacon

Worst Belly

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men. Francis Bacon

Best Men Unmarried Merit Greatest Childless Public Certainly Works

The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil. Francis Bacon

Life Art Good Soul Evil Winning Human Human Life Momentous Thing

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

Will Evils Must Remedies New Expect Apply

God's first creature, which was light. Francis Bacon

God Light First Which Creature

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death. Francis Bacon

Death Man Fears Believe Stroke Only Dead Any

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