Silence is the virtue of fools.

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

Topics: Silence Quotes

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...

A just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a...

A just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a...

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the...

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the...

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

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...

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

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.

Habit, if wisely and skillfully formed, becomes truly a second nature; but unskillfully and unmethodically...

Habit, if wisely and skillfully formed, becomes truly a second nature; but unskillfully and unmethodically...

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...

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...

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

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

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

Knowledge itself is power

Knowledge itself is power

Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred...

Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred...

God Almighty first planted a garden.

God Almighty first planted a garden.

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...

Death is the word that kills all the words.

Death is the word that kills all the words.

The Humble, Meek, Merciful, Just, Pious and Devout Souls, are everywhere of one religion; and...

The Humble, Meek, Merciful, Just, Pious and Devout Souls, are everywhere of one religion; and...

Do not fear death... only the unlived life. You don't have to live forever; You...

Do not fear death... only the unlived life. You don't have to live forever; You...