If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

Topics: Certainty Quotes, Doubt Quotes

He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question, when...

He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question, when...

History makes people wise.

History makes people wise.

God Almighty first planted a garden.

God Almighty first planted a garden.

Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power.

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...

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.

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and...

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and...

Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in...

Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in...

Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons...

Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons...

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding that it can hold...

It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding that it can hold...

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part...

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part...

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

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 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...

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god

Habit, if wisely and skillfully formed, becomes truly a second nature; but unskillfully and unmethodically...

Habit, if wisely and skillfully formed, becomes truly a second nature; but unskillfully and unmethodically...

Good habits, once established are just as hard to break as are bad habits

Good habits, once established are just as hard to break as are bad habits

Some rules are nothing but old habits that people are afraid to change.

Some rules are nothing but old habits that people are afraid to change.

A very slight change in our habits is sufficient to destroy our sense of our...

A very slight change in our habits is sufficient to destroy our sense of our...