Francis Bacon Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.”

“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.”

“Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.”

“Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.”

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

“They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.”

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

“Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.”

“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.”

“The worst men often give the best advice.”