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Francis Bacon Quotes
«If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties.»
Author: Francis Bacon
(Artist)
«It is not what men eat but what they digest that makes them strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; not what we preach but what we practice that makes us Christians.»
Author: Francis Bacon
(Artist)
«Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.»
Author: Francis Bacon
(Artist)
«Science is but an image of the truth.»
Author: Francis Bacon
(Artist)
«Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.»
Author: Francis Bacon
(Artist)
«Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.»
Author: Francis Bacon
(Artist)
«The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.»
Author: Francis Bacon
(Artist)
«Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.»
Author: Francis Bacon
(Artist)
«People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.»
Author: Francis Bacon
(Artist)
«Imagination was given man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is.»
Author: Francis Bacon
(Artist)