Knowledge is power.

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

Topics: Knowledge Quotes, Power Quotes

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...

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far...

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far...

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge...

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge...

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

To choose time is to save time.

To choose time is to save time.

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels...

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels...

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes

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.

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.

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...

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.

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...

God Almighty first planted a garden.

God Almighty first planted a garden.

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was...

Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was...

The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.

The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.