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

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

Topics: Ability Quotes

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...

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

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

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

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.

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,...

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

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

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

Fortune his like the market, where many times, if you can stay a little, the...

Fortune his like the market, where many times, if you can stay a little, the...

Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or...

Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or...

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

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...

Knowledge and human power are synonymous

Knowledge and human power are synonymous

God Almighty first planted a garden.

God Almighty first planted a garden.

Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.

Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture...

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture...

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...

Respect for one's parents is the highest duty of civil life.

Respect for one's parents is the highest duty of civil life.

The rules for parents are but three... Love, Limit, and Let them be.

The rules for parents are but three... Love, Limit, and Let them be.

I know what you're saying, Bart. When I was young, I wanted an electric football...

I know what you're saying, Bart. When I was young, I wanted an electric football...