Francis Bacon ( 10 of 168 )
Nothing is terrible except fear itself.
Nothing is terrible except fear itself.
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin read more
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.
They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is
of kin to the beasts by his read more
They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is
of kin to the beasts by his body; and, if he be not of kin to God
by his spirit, his is a base and ignoble creature.
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an
exact man.
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an
exact man.
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile;
natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able
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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile;
natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able
to contend.
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
A man is but what he knows.
A man is but what he knows.
Again men have been kept back as by a kind of enchantment from progress in science by reverence for antiquity, read more
Again men have been kept back as by a kind of enchantment from progress in science by reverence for antiquity, by the authority of men counted great in philosophy, and then by general consent.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
