Francis Bacon Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.”

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

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

“Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.”

“A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.”

“There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.”

“A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.”

“Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.”

“He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.”

“If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.”