Francis Bacon Quotes

  • Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.Upload to Facebook
    Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.
    ~ Francis Bacon
  • This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half.Upload to Facebook
    This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half.
    ~ Francis Bacon
  • There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
    ~ Francis Bacon
  • 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.
    ~ Francis Bacon
  • Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
    ~ Francis Bacon
  • Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.Upload to Facebook
    Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
    ~ Francis Bacon
  • Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.Upload to Facebook
    Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
    ~ Francis Bacon
  • A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.Upload to Facebook
    A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
    ~ Francis Bacon
  • We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.Upload to Facebook
    We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.
    ~ Francis Bacon
  • The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.Upload to Facebook
    The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
    ~ Francis Bacon
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