Quotes - Francis Bacon

A wise man will make more 

opportunities than he finds.

-Francis Bacon

He that will not apply new remedies

 must expect new evils,

for time is the greatest innovation. 

-Francis Bacon

Silence is the sleep 

that nourishes wisdom.

-Francis Bacon

Read not to contradict and confute

nor to believe and take for granted,

nor to find talk and discourse

but to weigh and consider.

-Francis Bacon

We cannot command Nature
 except by obeying her. 

-Francis Bacon

Man prefers to believe

 what he prefers to be true.

-Francis Bacon

Reading maketh a full man;

conference a ready man;

and writing an exact man.

-Francis Bacon

A prudent question

is one-half of wisdom.

-Francis Bacon