Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
FRANCIS BACONImagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
FRANCIS BACONChampagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
FRANCIS BACONA prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
FRANCIS BACONThere are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
FRANCIS BACONNature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
FRANCIS BACONHope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
FRANCIS BACONA little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
FRANCIS BACONA wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
FRANCIS BACONHistories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
FRANCIS BACONIt is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
FRANCIS BACONPhilosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
FRANCIS BACONIn order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
FRANCIS BACONNature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
FRANCIS BACONKnowledge itself is power.
FRANCIS BACONBy far the best proof is experience.
FRANCIS BACONThe monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
FRANCIS BACON