Quotes by Francis Bacon Sr

The worst men often give the best advice.

#Advice

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

#Power

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

#Knowledge, #Word

To choose time is to save time.

#Choice, #Time

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

#Knowledge

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke...

#Death

The desire for power in excess caused angels to fall; the desire for knowledge in...

#Desire, #Excess

Boldness is a child of ignorance

#Boldness, #Ignorance

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We...

#Living

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things...

#Fame

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

#Fear

A just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a...

#Fear