Francis Bacon on deep
Francis Bacon56 quotes“Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.”
Filed under
More from Francis Bacon
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Silence is the virtue of fools.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon 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 BaconFrancis Bacon The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Books must follow sciences and not sciences books.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Money is a great servant but a bad master.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon
Original quotes
From our community writers
Love is mostly easy at night, it is morning you got to learn about.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh You can find beauty in the darkest of places. Be the light, my love. Bring smiles to their faces.
Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola This fearless heart is trapped between these anxious walls of my worried mind.
CindyCindy Don’t push away your emotions too hard, remember they can push back if held for too long.
SargamSargam To choose a plain life, I choose neither to lose and nor do I gain, If happiness is not in my destiny, I refuse to accept pain.
Astha SrivastavaAstha Srivastava Steal back your heart – self-love.
Mona-LiseMona-Lise Hope is the only thing that keeps us alive. Without hope there can be no you or I.
BelaBela An open mind opens our hearts to have compassion for others.
Elaine HaysElaine Hays
More on deep
What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.
Dwight D. EisenhowerDwight D. Eisenhower Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.
Napoleon BonaparteNapoleon Bonaparte Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
Jesse JacksonJesse Jackson Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
Dwight D. EisenhowerDwight D. Eisenhower Those who criticize our generation forget who raised it.
Bill CosbyBill Cosby But there is nothing in biology yet found that indicates the inevitability of death.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
Napoleon BonaparteNapoleon Bonaparte