Quotes by Philosophers

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

Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience. Francis Bacon

Nature Experience Perfect Studies Still

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. Francis Bacon

Best Rich Virtue Like Stone Plain Set

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

Anger Men Makes Witty Dull Them Poor Keeps

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

Memory Secondary Please Objects Only Shapes Pictures Displease

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws. Francis Bacon

Worse Must Torture Laws Beware Judges Than Inference Strained Hard

The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our neighbors. Francis Bacon

Hate Our Neighbors Ourselves Hating Loving

Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance. Francis Bacon

Lies Opinion Substance Breed Sufficient Brings

We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. Francis Bacon

Men Others Ought Write Beholden Much