Francis Bacon ( 10 of 168 )
And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak.
And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak.
There was never law, or set, or opinion did so much magnify
goodness, as the Christian religion doth.
There was never law, or set, or opinion did so much magnify
goodness, as the Christian religion doth.
Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.
Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
All rising to great place is by winding stair.
All rising to great place is by winding stair.
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune;
for they are impediments to great enterprises, read more
He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune;
for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue
or mischief.
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the
elder, a part of experience. He that read more
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the
elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country
before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school,
and not to travel.
But I account the use that a man should seek of the publishing of
his own writings before his read more
But I account the use that a man should seek of the publishing of
his own writings before his death, to be but an untimely
anticipation of that which is proper to follow a man, and not to
go along with him.
- Francis Bacon,
If I had always served God as I have served you, Madam, I should
not have great account to read more
If I had always served God as I have served you, Madam, I should
not have great account to render at my death.
