Logo
Quote by Francis Bacon
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. – 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 man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is. – Francis Bacon

Category:
Humor
Author
Francis Bacon
Read Quote

The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it. – Francis Bacon

Category:
Reality
Author
Francis Bacon
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Philosophical
category

How often one sees people looking far and wide for what they are holding in their hands? Why! I am doing it myself at this very moment. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

Category:
Philosophical

Before enlightenment — chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment — chop wood, carry water. – Zen Buddhist Proverb

Category:
Philosophical

In a mist the heights can for the most part see each other; but the valleys cannot. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

Category:
Philosophical

Man is the only animal who enjoys the consolation of believing in a next life; all other animals enjoy the consolation of not worrying about it. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Category:
Philosophical

Random Quotes

No man was ever great without a touch of divine afflatus. – Cicero

Category:
Miscellaneous

When you have brought up kids, there are memories you store directly in your tear ducts. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Category:
Parents

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure. – Gerald Brenan, Thoughts in a Dry Season

Category:
Labor

Ive been experimenting more and more with LN2, liquid nitrogen. Ive used it in battle on Iron Chef America, but have also made some great ice creams at home for my family. Since it freezes basically on contact, you can have ice cream ready in mere minutes. – Cat Cora

Category:
Family