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

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

Topics: Authority Quotes, Equality Quotes, Power Quotes

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...

Men in great place are thrice servants, - servants of the sovereign or state, servants...

Men in great place are thrice servants, - servants of the sovereign or state, servants...

A prudent question is one half of wisdom.

A prudent question is one half of wisdom.

Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in...

Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in...

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority

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

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

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power.

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...

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

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

Houses are built to live in and not to look on.

Houses are built to live in and not to look on.

Great hypocrite are the real atheists.

Great hypocrite are the real atheists.

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...

Boldness is a child of ignorance

Boldness is a child of ignorance

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and...

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and...

God Almighty first planted a garden.

God Almighty first planted a garden.

When the solution is simple, God is answering

When the solution is simple, God is answering

If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult...

If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult...

God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.

God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.