Francis Bacon

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than
plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all read more

Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than
plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things,
integrity is their portion and proper virtue.

There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.

There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.