Francis Bacon Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Francis Bacon quotes, Francis Bacon sayings, and Francis Bacon proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. Francis Bacon
Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and when there is no comparison, no envy. Francis Bacon
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. Francis Bacon
The speaking in a perpetual hyperbole is comely in nothing but in love. Francis Bacon
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. Francis Bacon
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. Francis Bacon
Much bending breaks the bow much unbending the mind. Francis Bacon
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Francis Bacon
They know enough who know how to learn. Francis Bacon
Suspicions amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they ever fly by twilight. Francis Bacon
There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little. Francis Bacon
Reading maketh a full man conference a ready man and writing an exact man. Francis Bacon
Cleanliness of body was ever esteemed to proceed from a due reverence to God. Francis Bacon
A prudent (grateful) man will think more important what fate has conceded to him than what it has denied, Francis Bacon
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior...A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. Francis Bacon
Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it. Francis Bacon
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world. Francis Bacon
In all negotiations of difficulties, a man may not look to sow and reap at once, but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees. Francis Bacon
Money is a great servant but a bad master. Francis Bacon
Printing, gunpowder, and the mariner's needle (compass), these three have changed the whole face and state of things throughout the world. Francis Bacon
Be so true to thyself as thou be not false to others. Francis Bacon
The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence is a man's self. Francis Bacon
Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. Francis Bacon
The virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude. Francis Bacon
A king that would not feel his crown too heavy for him, must wear it every day; but if he think it too light, he knoweth not of what metal it is made. Francis Bacon
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears. Francis Bacon