Logo
Quote by Francis Bacon
This is the foundation of all. We are not to imagine or suppose, b

This is the foundation of all. We are not to imagine or suppose, but to discover, what nature does or may be made to do. – Francis Bacon

Other quotes by Francis Bacon

The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass over the other. – Francis Bacon

Category:
Superstition
Author
Francis Bacon
Read Quote

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is. – Francis Bacon

Category:
Humor
Author
Francis Bacon
Read Quote

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. – Francis Bacon

Category:
Age
Author
Francis Bacon
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Nature
category

To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people. – Niccolo Machiavelli

Category:
Nature

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature. – Jacob Bronowski

Category:
Nature

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble. – Blaise Pascal

Category:
Nature

The dance of the palm trees, the oceans calling, the first rays of sun and heaven is here. – Mike Dolan, @HawaiianLife

Category:
Nature

Random Quotes

Is there a point at which every Sunday during the NFL season ceases to make a man feel like a kid on Christmas morning? – Mike Alexander, MADfit.com

Category:
Super Bowl

Ask God for what man can give, and you may get it. – English Proverb

Category:
Prayer

When I look in the mirror I see the girl I was when I was growing up, with braces, crooked teeth, a baby face and a skinny body. – Heather Locklear

Category:
teen

How goodness heightens beauty! – Milan Kundera

Category:
Beauty