Quotations of Francis Bacon
History makes men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
The art of discovery grows with discovery.
To choose time is to save time.
Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.
There are three parts in truth: first, the inquiry, which is the wooing of it; secondly, the knowledge of it, which is the presence of it; and thirdly, the belief, which is the enjoyment of it.
Libraries are the shrines where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or imposture, are preserved and reposed.
Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
Knowledge itself is power.
Nuptial love maketh mankind; friendly love perfecteth it; but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it.
It is impossible to love and to be wise.
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
Rebecca Lin 2008 Winter In USA
