Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand-and melting like a snowflake...

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

Topics: Living Quotes

Men in great place are thrice servants, - servants of the sovereign or state, servants...

Men in great place are thrice servants, - servants of the sovereign or state, servants...

Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel,...

Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel,...

Boldness is a child of ignorance

Boldness is a child of ignorance

Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical.

Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical.

A just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a...

A just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a...

Knowledge itself is power

Knowledge itself is power

The place of justice is a hallowed place

The place of justice is a hallowed place

It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what...

It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what...

Reading maketh a full man.

Reading maketh a full man.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

A prudent question is one half of wisdom.

A prudent question is one half of wisdom.

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the...

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the...

For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations,...

For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations,...

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day...

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day...

Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God.

Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God.

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery

The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous

Knowledge and human power are synonymous

Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom

Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Wisdom begins in wonder.