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

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

Topics: Writing Quotes

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,...

To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.

To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.

Reading maketh a full man.

Reading maketh a full man.

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture...

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture...

Great hypocrite are the real atheists

Great hypocrite are the real atheists

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Good questions outrank easy answers.

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...

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot...

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot...

Nature is a labyrinth in which the very haste you move with will make you...

Nature is a labyrinth in which the very haste you move with will make you...

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

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...

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...

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

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

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority

God Almighty first planted a garden.

God Almighty first planted a garden.

Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God.

Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God.

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that...

There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that...