The Essays of Francis Bacon Quotes

“Nuptial love maketh mankind; friendly love perfecteth it; but wanton love corrupteth, and embaseth it.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:lovefriendshipmorality

“For it is a true rule, that love is ever rewarded, either with the reciproque, or with an inward and secret contempt.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:love

“Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children, is increased with tales, so is the other.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:deathfeardarknesschildren

“A man that is young in years, may be old in hours, if he have lost no time.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:timeage

“As the births of living creatures, at first are ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:timeweakness

“Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:womenmenage

“It is a strange desire, to seek power and to lose liberty: or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:freedompowerdesire

“Certainly fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swoln, and drowns things weighty and solid.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:strength

“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, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:understandingreadingbooks

“There is no excellent beauty, that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:beauty