Quotes by Francis Bacon Sr

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery

#Art

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

#Art, #Beauty

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

#Love

The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

#Wisdom

A prudent question is one half of wisdom.

#Wisdom

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

#Wisdom

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

#Fiction, #Truth

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels...

#Truth

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority

#Truth

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

#Authority, #Equality, #Power

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part...

#Education, #Travel

Knowledge is power.

#Knowledge