The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

The worst men often give the best advice.

The worst men often give the best advice.

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...

This delivering of knowledge in distinct and disjointed aphorisms doth leave the wit of man...

This delivering of knowledge in distinct and disjointed aphorisms doth leave the wit of man...

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...

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...

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,...

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

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 discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power.

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

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

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do...

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do...

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is...

Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is...

Knowledge and human power are synonymous

Knowledge and human power are synonymous

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Good questions outrank easy answers.

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...

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks...

No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks...

An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit.

An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit.

I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you

I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you