Quotes by Francis Bacon Sr

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

#Death

Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study

#Ability

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do...

#Ability

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

#Ability

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

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

#History, #Judgement, #Liberty

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

#Living

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day...

#Humanity, #Inventions, #Silence

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