Francis Bacon Quotes

• Truth can never be reached by just listening to the voice of an authority.

  Francis Bacon

  Teaching, Voice, Justice

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  Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

  Francis Bacon

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

  Francis Bacon

  True Friend, Believe, Learning

  Novum Organum (1620).

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• It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

  Francis Bacon

  Inspirational, Motivational, Integrity

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• It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us 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; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

  Francis Bacon

  Strong, Integrity, Character

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  Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

  Francis Bacon

  Wise, Wisdom, Clever

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• A little science estranges a man from God;
  a lot of science brings him back.

  Francis Bacon

  Men, Littles

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• Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

  Francis Bacon

  Questions And Answers

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• Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

  Francis Bacon

  Life Is, Easy, Ability

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• All colours will agree in the dark.

  Francis Bacon

  Dark, Colour, Agree

  'Essays' (1625) 'Of Unity in Religion'

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

  Francis Bacon

  Life, Education, Teacher

  'Essays' (1625) 'Of Studies'

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• We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps.

  Francis Bacon

  Inspirational, Small Steps, Height

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• Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

  Francis Bacon

  Adversity, Vices, Prosperity

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• If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted

  Francis Bacon

  Motivational, Change, Science

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• There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

  Francis Bacon

  Happiness, Wisdom, Humility

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• If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

  Francis Bacon

  Inspirational, Success, Wisdom

  The Advancement of Learning bk. 1, ch. 5, sec. 8 (1605)

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• Wonder is the seed of knowledge

  Francis Bacon

  Science, Wonder, Seeds

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• You cannot teach a child to take care of himself unless you will let him try to take care of himself. He will make mistakes and out of these mistakes will come his wisdom.

  Francis Bacon

  Inspirational, Children, Mistake

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• A bad man is worse when he pretends to be a saint.

  Francis Bacon

  Men, Saint, Bad Man

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• By far the best proof is experience.

  Francis Bacon

  Science, Experience, Belief

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• I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

  Francis Bacon

  Birthday, Time, Men

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

  Francis Bacon

  Life, Success, Time

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• The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

  Francis Bacon

  Life, Beauty, Beautiful

  "ELAC’s VPAM: A Game Changer for L.A. Art Scene" by Max Benavidez, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 25, 2011.

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• There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

  Francis Bacon

  Inspirational, Motivational, Best Effort

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• Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

  Francis Bacon

  Motivational, Hope, Wisdom

  J. Spedding (ed.) 'The Works of Francis Bacon' vol. 7 (1859) 'Apophthegms contained in Resuscitatio' no. 36

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