Vices of the time; vices of the man. Francis Bacon More Quotes by Francis Bacon More Quotes From Francis Bacon The place of justice is a hallowed place. Francis Bacon ears justice Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous. Francis Bacon praise common people When I paint I am ageless, I just have the pleasure or the difficulty of painting. Francis Bacon painting pleasure passion It is the wisdom of the crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour. Francis Bacon crocodiles atheism tears In charity there is no excess. Francis Bacon excess inspiration inspirational It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth . . . and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below. Francis Bacon truth adventure lying We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. Francis Bacon philosophical writing philosophy I'm just trying to make images as accurately as possible off my nervous system as I can. Francis Bacon nervous perfection trying He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers [zeros], is the decay of the whole age. Francis Bacon decay plot age I've had photographs taken for portraits because I very much prefer working from the photographs than from models... I couldn't attempt to do a portrait from photographs of somebody I didn't know. Francis Bacon portraits photography taken It is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives Francis Bacon errors understanding thinking Painting is the pattern of one's own nervous system being projected on canvas. Francis Bacon canvas painting patterns We only have our nervous system to paint. Francis Bacon nervous painting paint Boldness is a child of ignorance Francis Bacon boldness ignorance children A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth virtue in others. For men's minds, will either feed upon their own good, or upon others' evil; and who wanteth the one, will prey upon the other; and whoso is out of hope, to attain to another's virtue, will seek to come at even hand, by depressing another's fortune. Francis Bacon depressing men hands Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Francis Bacon wise witty philosophy The bee enclosed and through the amber shown Seems buried in the juice which was his own. Francis Bacon juice amber bees A king that would not feel his crown too heavy for him, must wear it every day; but if he think it too light, he knoweth not of what metal it is made. Francis Bacon kings knowledge thinking If my people look as if they're in a dreadful fix, it's because I can't get them out of a technical dilemma. Francis Bacon portraiture people looks It would be unsound fancy and self-contradictory to expect that things which have never yet been done can be done except by means which have never yet been tried. Francis Bacon fancy self mean
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