Francis Bacon Quotes, Thoughts and images

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

A little science estranges a man from God; a lot of science brings him back.

All colours will agree in the dark.

Truth can never be reached by just listening to the voice of authority.

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

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps.

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

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted

I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision.

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.

Wonder is the seed of knowledge

All of our actions take their hue from the complexion of the heart, as landscapes their variety from light.

It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.

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

Money is a great servant but a bad master.

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

In one and the same fire, clay grows hard and wax melts.

A bad man is worse when he pretends to be a saint.

The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes the wrong one.

Always let losers have their words.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

People prefer to believe what they want to be true.

Science is but an image of the truth.

To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.

No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage-ground of truth.

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.