Francis
Bacon Quotes - Good thoughts are little better than good dreams, except they be
put in action
“A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds;
therefore let him seasonably water the one, and destroy the other.”
―
Francis Bacon, The Essays
“To
choose time is to save time.”
―
Francis Bacon
“Some
books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and
digested: that is, some books are to be read in parts, others to be read, but
not curiously, and some few books to be read wholly, and with diligence and
attraction.”
―
Francis Bacon
“Good
thoughts are little better than good dreams, except they be put in action.”
―
Francis Bacon, Essays
“We
represent300 also all multiplications301 of light, which we carry to great
distance, and make so sharp as to discern small points and lines; also all
colorations of light:”
―
Francis Bacon, New Atlantis and The Great Instauration
“There
is no man doth a wrong for the wrong's sake; but thereby to purchase himself
profit, or pleasure, or honour, or the like. There, why should I be angry with
a man for loving himself better than me? And if any man should do wrong merely
out of ill nature, why, yet it is but like the thorn or briar, which prick and
scratch, because they can do no other.”
―
Francis Bacon, Of Revenge
“Prosperity
is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New;
which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God’s
favor.”
―
Francis Bacon
“Some
books are to be tasted, others are to be swallowed and some few to be chewed
and digested.”
― Francis
Bacon
“Sense
sends to Imagination before Reason have judged, & Reason sends over to
Imagination before decree can be acted.”
―
Lord Bacon
“The
first remedy or prevention is to remove, by all means possible, that material
cause of sedition whereof we spake; which is, want and poverty in the estate.”
―
Francis Bacon, The Essays
“We
are much beholden to Machiavelli and others, that write what men do, and not
what they ought to do.”
―
Francis Bacon, The Advancement Of Learning, Volume 2
“Even
within the most beautiful landscape, in the trees, under the leaves the insects
are eating each other; violence is a part of life.”
―
Francis Bacon
“Some
books are to be tasted, others are to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed
and digested.”
―
Francis Bacon
“Nuptial
love maketh mankind; friendly love perfecteth it; but wanton love corrupteth,
and embaseth it.”
―
Francis Bacon, The Essays
“The
productions of the mind and hand seem very numerous in books and manufactures.
But all this variety lies in an exquisite subtlety and derivations from a few
things already known, not in the number of axioms. VIII”
―
Francis Bacon, Complete Works of Francis Bacon
“In
dealing with cunning people, we must ever consider their needs to interpret
their speeches.”
―
Sir Frances Bacon
“Some
books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and
digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read,
but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and
attention.”
―
Francis Bacon
“Men
create oppositions, which are not; and put them into new terms, so fixed, as
whereas the meaning ought to govern the term, the term in effect governeth the
meaning. There be also two false peaces, or unities: the one, when the peace is
grounded, but upon an implicit ignorance; for all colors will agree in the
dark: the other, when it is pieced up, upon a direct admission of contraries,
in fundamental points. For truth and falsehood, in such things, are like the
iron and clay, in the toes of Nebuchadnezzar’s image; they may cleave, but they
will not incorporate.”
―
Francis Bacon, The Essays
“Some
books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and
digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read,
but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and
attention.”
―
Francis Bacon
