Quote by Francis Bacon
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes adversity not w

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes adversity not without many comforts and hopes. – Francis Bacon

Other quotes by Francis Bacon

It is not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity. – Francis Bacon

Category:
Integrity
Read Quote

Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. – Francis Bacon

Category:
Virtue
Read Quote

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. – Francis Bacon

Category:
Books
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Fear
category

I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. – Isoroku Yamamoto

Category:
Fear

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. – Marie Curie

Category:
Fear

In terms of fear, I still am most afraid of Freddie Kruger. – Andrew Mason

Category:
Fear

Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in church. Theyre afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs. – Fred Allen

Category:
Fear

Random Quotes

Nostalgia is a seductive liar. – George Wildman Ball

Category:
Nostalgia

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity. – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Category:
Beauty

Gratitude is the least of the virtues, but ingratitude is the worst of vices. – Thomas Fuller

Category:
Gratitude

Americas future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live. – Jane Addams

Category:
Future