“It is impossible to love and to be wise.”
Author
Francis Bacon
73 quotes
“There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health.”
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“A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.”
“Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.”
“Wise men make more opportunities than they find.”
“Age appears to be best in four things old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.”
“The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.”
“The great end of life is not knowledge but action.”
“He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils for time is the greatest innovator.”
“Knowledge is power.”
“Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.”
“Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.”
“Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.”
“Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.”
“But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.”
“God's first creature, which was light.”
“He that hath knowledge spareth his words.”
“Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.”
“Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.”
“Science is but an image of the truth.”
“Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.”
“Truth is a good dog but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.”
“Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.”
“Friends are thieves of time.”
“I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.”