Francis Bacon ( 10 of 168 )
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625.
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625.
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
Silence is the virtue of fools.
Silence is the virtue of fools.
The wisdom of our ancestors.
The wisdom of our ancestors.
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
We cannot command nature except by obeying her.
We cannot command nature except by obeying her.
It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to read more
It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth... and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
