Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation. Francis Bacon More Quotes by Francis Bacon More Quotes From Francis Bacon A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Francis Bacon successgraduationinspirational As the births of living creatures at first are ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time. Francis Bacon innovationgrowthchange Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is no comparison, no envy. Francis Bacon envyselfmen If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world. Francis Bacon gracekindnessmen The worst men often give the best advice. Francis Bacon inspirationalgivingmen The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. Francis Bacon beautifulbeautylife Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Francis Bacon attentionbelievebook I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends: for I have taken all knowledge to be my province. Francis Bacon takenscienceknowledge In one and the same fire, clay grows hard and wax melts. Francis Bacon persistenceclayfire A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. Francis Bacon creativityeducationalwisdom Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly. Francis Bacon readinginspirationalbook Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom. Francis Bacon visitingincrease For no man can forbid the spark nor tell whence it may come. Francis Bacon sparksmaymen Since my logic aims to teach and instruct the understanding, not that it may with the slender tendrils of the mind snatch at and lay hold of abstract notions (as the common logic does), but that it may in very truth dissect nature, and discover the virtues and actions of bodies, with their laws as determined in matter; so that this science flows not merely from the nature of the mind, but also from the nature of things. Francis Bacon understandinglawscience Truth can never be reached by just listening to the voice of an authority. Francis Bacon voiceteachingjustice [Science is] the labor and handicraft of the mind. Francis Bacon handicraftsmindscience It is a great happiness when men's professions and their inclinations accord. Francis Bacon professionaccordmen A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. Francis Bacon atheistmenphilosophy The human understanding is of its own nature prone to suppose the existence of more order and regularity in the world than it finds. And though there be many things in nature which are singular and unmatched, yet it devises for them parallels and conjugates and relatives which do not exist. Hence the fiction that all celestial bodies move in perfect circles, spirals and dragons being (except in name) utterly rejected. Francis Bacon dragonssciencemoving Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. Francis Bacon wisdomhopemotivational
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