Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution. Francis Bacon More Quotes by Francis Bacon More Quotes From Francis Bacon Men ought to find the difference between saltiness and bitterness. Certainly, he that hath a satirical vein, as he maketh others afraid of his wit, so he had need be afraid of others' memory. Francis Bacon humor men memories He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for the public have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public. He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question, when a man should marryA young man not yet, an elder man not at all. Francis Bacon wise mean children It is nothing won to admit men with an open door, and to receive them with a shut and reserved countenance. Francis Bacon hospitality doors men Every person born in the USA is endowed with life, liberty, and a substantial share of the national debt. Francis Bacon usa modern-life liberty Moreover, the works already known are due to chance and experiment rather than to sciences; for the sciences we now possess are merely systems for the nice ordering and setting forth of things already invented; not methods of invention or directions for new works. Francis Bacon nice science knowledge The more a man drinketh of the world, the more it intoxicateth. Francis Bacon men world The Scripture saith, The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God; it is not said, The fool hath thought in his heart; so as he rather saith it, by rote to himself, as that he would have, than that he can thoroughly believe it, or be persuaded of it....It appeareth in nothing more, that atheism is rather in the lip, than in the heart of man. Francis Bacon atheist heart believe Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress. Francis Bacon mistress riches hands Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. Francis Bacon light fame rivers A man were better relate himself to a statue or picture than to suffer his thoughts to pass in smother. Francis Bacon communication suffering men They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. Francis Bacon vocation inspirational men Whence we see spiders, flies, or ants entombed and preserved forever in amber, a more than royal tomb. Francis Bacon amber spiders forever We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning are more durable than the monuments of power, or of the hands. For have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five hundred years or more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities have been decayed and demolished? Francis Bacon wisdom loss hands Antiquities, or remnants of history, are, as was said, tanquam tabula naufragii: when industrious persons, by an exact and scrupulous diligence and observation, out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages of books that concern not story, and the like, do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time. Francis Bacon names stories book That which above all other yields the sweetest smell in the air is the violet. Francis Bacon smell yield nature The mold of our fortunes is in our own hands. Francis Bacon mold motivational hands He of whom many are afraid ought himself to fear many. Francis Bacon ought advice For knowledge, too, is itself power. Francis Bacon knowledge I think that one of the things is that, if you are going to decide to be a painter, you have got to decide that you are not going to be afraid of making a fool of yourself. I think another thing is to be able to find subjects which really absorb you to try and do. I feel that without a subject you automatically go back into decoration because you haven't got the subject which is always eating into you to bring it back - and the greatest art always returns you to the vulnerability of the human situation. Francis Bacon trying art thinking Money is a great treasure that only increases as you give it away. Francis Bacon increase treasure giving
