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

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

Topics: Ability Quotes

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...

To choose time is to save time.

To choose time is to save time.

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

God Almighty first planted a garden.

God Almighty first planted a garden.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be...

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be...

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

Reading maketh a full man.

Reading maketh a full man.

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...

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...

Come home to men's business and bosoms.

Come home to men's business and bosoms.

Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical.

Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical.

Great hypocrite are the real atheists.

Great hypocrite are the real atheists.

For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations,...

For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations,...

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

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

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

History makes people wise.

History makes people wise.

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...