Quotes by Francis Bacon

“The zeal which begins with hypocrisy must conclude in treachery; at first it deceives, at last it betrays”

“Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.”

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

“The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.”

“The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it”

“Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason”

“The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a number of smaller stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together; so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate”

“Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you dont”

“You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both”

“Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.”

“Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.”

“Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.”

“I tried atheism for a while, but my faith just wasnt strong enough”

“I dont believe in God, but Im afraid of Him.”

“Silence is the virtue of fools.”

“We lost because we told ourselves we lost”

“This day and your life ... are Gods gift to you , so give thanks and be joyful always!”

“Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to custom”

“The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.”

“It is not what men eat but what they digest that makes them strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; not what we preach but what we practice that makes us Christians.”