Knowledge itself is power

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

Topics: Knowledge Quotes

Knowledge and human power are synonymous

Knowledge and human power are synonymous

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...

Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power.

The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Boldness is a child of ignorance

Boldness is a child of ignorance

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

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

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.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense...

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense...

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom...

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom...

They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to...

They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to...

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

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...

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...

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things...

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things...

Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is...

Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is...

This delivering of knowledge in distinct and disjointed aphorisms doth leave the wit of man...

This delivering of knowledge in distinct and disjointed aphorisms doth leave the wit of man...

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

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.

If God had intended for breasts to be seen, He wouldn't have created large woolen...

If God had intended for breasts to be seen, He wouldn't have created large woolen...

It's all happened,' Pondexter looked back on her year of trial, 'the way God wanted...

It's all happened,' Pondexter looked back on her year of trial, 'the way God wanted...