There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

Topics: Beauty Quotes

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...

Reading maketh a full man.

Reading maketh a full man.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

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...

God Almighty first planted a garden.

God Almighty first planted a garden.

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...

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the...

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the...

Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.

Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

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 ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad...

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad...

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...

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...

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...

History makes people wise.

History makes people wise.

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I...

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I...

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those...

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those...

Five things constitute perfect virtue: gravity, magnanimity, earnestness, sincerity and kindness

Five things constitute perfect virtue: gravity, magnanimity, earnestness, sincerity and kindness