Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.

Quote by Francis Bacon

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Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to...

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to...

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.

I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils.

I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils.

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but...

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but...

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the...

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the...

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground.

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground.

Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things...

Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things...

The four pillars of government . . . (which are religion, justice, counsel, and treasure).

The four pillars of government . . . (which are religion, justice, counsel, and treasure).

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the...

Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the...

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused...

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused...

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel;...

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel;...

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.