The Essays of Francis Bacon Quotes

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

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:beauty

“A wise man will make more opportunities, than he finds.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:wisdom

“There is a wisdom in this; beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation, what he finds good of, and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:wisdom

“Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:wisdomsciencephilosophyhistorypoetry

“Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:naturejusticelaw

“Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:writingreading

“Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:virtue

“Young men are fitter to invent, than to judge; fitter for execution, than for counsel; and fitter for new projects, than for settled business.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:youthjudgementbusiness

“the rebellions of the belly are the worst.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:poverty

“God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

topic:pleasure