Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

Topics: Ability Quotes, Plants Quotes

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...

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

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

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...

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.

Reading maketh a full man.

Reading maketh a full man.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot...

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot...

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not...

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not...

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

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

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds...

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds...

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...

A prudent question is one half of wisdom.

A prudent question is one half of wisdom.

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

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

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

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...

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but what you should have accomplished with...

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but what you should have accomplished with...

Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study

Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study

No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a...

No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a...