Quotes by Francis Bacon Sr

Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in...

#Reason, #Words

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

#Revenge

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and...

#Revenge

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the...

#Revenge

Revenge is a kind of wild justice.

#Revenge

Silence is the virtue of fools.

#Silence

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god

#Solitude

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the...

#Solution

God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

#Atheism, #God

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

#Adversity, #Virtue

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

#Wives

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

#Writing