Francis Bacon Quotes

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Knowledge is power.

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

It is natural to die as to be born.

Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

Acorns were good until bread was found.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

God's first creature, which was light.

The best armor is to keep out of gunshot.

Nature is commanded by obeying her.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

All colors will agree in the dark.

The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.

Truth arises more readily from error than from confusion.

A man who contemplates revenge keeps his wounds green.

Champagne for my sham friends; real pain for my real friends.

For knowledge itself is power.

What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.