The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
FRANCIS BACONThe monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
FRANCIS BACONIn taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
FRANCIS BACONHistories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
FRANCIS BACONHe that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
FRANCIS BACONThe best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
FRANCIS BACONBooks must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
FRANCIS BACONThe only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
FRANCIS BACONIf money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
FRANCIS BACONThere is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
FRANCIS BACONTruth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
FRANCIS BACONThere is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
FRANCIS BACONThe less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
FRANCIS BACONThe remedy is worse than the disease.
FRANCIS BACONBy far the best proof is experience.
FRANCIS BACONWrite down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
FRANCIS BACONA little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
FRANCIS BACON