Francis Bacon quotes
- “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few are to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.”
- “Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.”
- “God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.”
- “Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.”
- “There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.”
- “Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends”
- “The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.”
- “If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted”
- “The general root of superstition : namely, that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass over the other.”
- “There are two ways of spreading light..to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
- “Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted …but to weigh and consider.”
- “In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.”
- “It is impossible to love and be wise.”
- Knowledge itself is power.”
- “Reading maketh a full man; and writing an axact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he need have a present wit; and if he read little, he need have much cunning to seem to know which he doth not.”
- “In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.”
- “The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.”
- “It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.”
- Money is a great servant but a bad master.”
- “Wonder is the seed of knowledge”
- “Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.”
- “Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.”
- “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…”
- “Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.”
- “There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.”
- “Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.”
- “A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”
- “Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.”
- “If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.”
- “Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.”
