Quotes by Francis Bacon

About Francis Bacon:

Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Alban was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist and author. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. After his death, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution.
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Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.

Francis Bacon

The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.

Francis Bacon

Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.

Francis Bacon

Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.

Francis Bacon

Rebellions of the belly are the worst.

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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.

Francis Bacon

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.

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The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

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A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.

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The remedy is worse than the disease.

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They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.

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The place of justice is a hallowed place.

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It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.

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It is a poore Center of a Mans Actions, Himselfe.

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A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.

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Great art is always a way of concentrating, reinventing what is called fact, what we know of our existence- a reconcentration… tearing away the veils, the attitudes people acquire of their time and earlier time. Really good artists tear down those ...

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Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.

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The monuments of wit and learning are more durable than the monuments of power, or of the hands. For have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five hundred years, or more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time infinite palac...

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The creative process is a cocktail of instinct, skill, culture and a highly creative feverishness. It is not like a drug; it is a particular state when everything happens very quickly, a mixture of consciousness and unconsciousness, of fear and pleas...

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God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.

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We are much beholden to Machiavelli and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do . For it is not possible to join serpentine wisdom with the columbine innocency, except men know exactly all the conditions of the serpent; his base...

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Author Bio

  • NameFrancis Bacon
  • DescriptionEnglish philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author
  • AliasesFrancis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban
  • BornJanuary 22, 1561
  • DiedApril 19, 1626
  • CountryKingdom Of England
  • ProfessionPhilosopher; Writer; Judge; Politician