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

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

Topics: God Quotes

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek...

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek...

Boldness is a child of ignorance

Boldness is a child of ignorance

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad...

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad...

He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it...

He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it...

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

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

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

The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is...

The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is...

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do...

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do...

Knowledge itself is power

Knowledge itself is power

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a...

The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a...

Reading maketh a full man.

Reading maketh a full man.

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke...

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke...

Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man

Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man

Atheist: A person who believes in one less god than you do

Atheist: A person who believes in one less god than you do

The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius...

The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius...