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

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

Topics: Ability Quotes, Learning Quotes, Study Quotes

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day...

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day...

Revenge is a kind of wild justice.

Revenge is a kind of wild justice.

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...

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and...

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and...

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.

The best preservative to keep the mind on health is the faithful admonition of a...

The best preservative to keep the mind on health is the faithful admonition of a...

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

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...

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We...

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We...

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

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

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense...

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense...

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.

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot...

If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot...

The desire for power in excess caused angels to fall; the desire for knowledge in...

The desire for power in excess caused angels to fall; the desire for knowledge in...

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.

I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have...

I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have...