They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
Francis BaconTags: discovery open-mindedness object-constancy
There was never proud man thought so absurdly well of himself, as the lover doth of the person loved; and therefore it was well said, That it is impossible to love, and to be wise.
Francis BaconTags: love
Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand--and melting like a snowflake...
Francis BaconTags: inspirational
For friends... do but look upon good Books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
Francis BaconFor myself, I found that I was fitted for nothing so well as for the study of Truth; as having a mind nimble and versatile enough to catch the resemblances of things and at the same time steady enough to fix and distinguish their subtler differences; as being gifted by nature with desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to meditate, slowness to assert, readiness to consider, carefulness to dispose and set in order; and as being a man that neither affects what is new nor admires what is old, and that hates every kind of imposture." -Francis Bacon
Francis BaconA man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.
Francis BaconBeauty is as summer fruits, which are easy to corrupt, and cannot last; and for the most part it makes a dissolute youth, and an age a little out of countenance; but yet certainly again, if it light well, it maketh virtue shine, and vices blush.
Francis BaconSeek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest shall be provided or its loss shall not be felt.
Francis BaconThe men of experiment are like the ant, they only collect and use; the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But the bee takes the middle course: it gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own.
Francis BaconSe venger, c'est se mettre au niveau de l'ennemi; pardonner, c'est le dépasser.
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