Francis Bacon Quotes

Reading maketh a full man; and writing an axact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he need have a present wit; and if he read little, he need have much cunning to seem to know which he doth not.

Ipsa scientia potestas est.

Knowledge itself is power.

It is impossible to love and be wise.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted ...but to weigh and consider.

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.

There are two ways of spreading light..to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few are to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.

If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted

The general root of superstition : namely, that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass over the other.

The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.

Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends

God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.

Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.

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

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