Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. – Francis Bacon
By indignities men come to dignities. – Francis Bacon
It is impossible to love and to be wise. – Francis Bacon
People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. – Francis Bacon
Knowledge is power. – Francis Bacon
He that hath knowledge spareth his words. – Francis Bacon
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall the desire of knowledge caused men to fall. – Francis Bacon
Knowledge and human power are synonymous. – Francis Bacon
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. – Francis Bacon
Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time. – Francis Bacon
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. – Francis Bacon
When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative. – Francis Bacon
The great end of life is not knowledge but action. – Francis Bacon
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. – Francis Bacon
He that gives good advice, builds with one hand he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other. – Francis Bacon
Acorns were good until bread was found. – Francis Bacon
Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. – Francis Bacon
God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave. – Francis Bacon
God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. – Francis Bacon
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires. – Francis Bacon
