" Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. "

Sir Francis Bacon English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

" He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. "

Sir Francis Bacon English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

" Discretion in speech is more than eloquence. "

Sir Francis Bacon English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

" In charity there is no excess. "

Sir Francis Bacon, Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature (1625) English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

" Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt. "

Sir Francis Bacon English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

" Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue. "

Sir Francis Bacon, Of Adversity English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

" For there is no question but a just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war. "

Sir Francis Bacon, Of Empire English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

" There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. "

Sir Francis Bacon, “Of Beauty” English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

" Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. "

Sir Francis Bacon English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

" Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had. "

Sir Francis Bacon, Essays: Of Building, 1623 English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

" Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. "

Sir Francis Bacon English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

" The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery. "

Sir Francis Bacon English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

" The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship. "

Sir Francis Bacon English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

" Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home. "

Sir Francis Bacon English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

" By far the best proof is experience. "

Sir Francis Bacon English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

" 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 to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. "

Sir Francis Bacon English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

" 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. "

Sir Francis Bacon English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

" Read not to contradict and confute

" A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open. "

Sir Francis Bacon English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

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