Francis Bacon Quotes

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

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

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

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

Science is but an image of the truth.

People prefer to believe what they want to be true.

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

Always let losers have their words.

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

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

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

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

Money is a great servant but a bad master.

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

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

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

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

Wonder is the seed of knowledge

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

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

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

All colours will agree in the dark.

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

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

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