Quotes by Francis Bacon

Silence is the virtue of fools.

#Francis Bacon

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

#Francis Bacon

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be...

#Francis Bacon

Science is but an image of the truth.

#Francis Bacon

Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.

#Francis Bacon

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

#Francis Bacon

Rebellions of the belly are the worst.

#Francis Bacon

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

#Francis Bacon

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to...

#Francis Bacon

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

#Francis Bacon

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

#Francis Bacon

Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.

#Francis Bacon