Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
Francis Bacon
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Francis Bacon
Age: 65 †
Born: 1561
Born: January 22
Died: 1626
Died: April 9
Astrologer
Former Lord Chancellor
Judge
Lawyer
Philosopher
Politician
Writer
Francis Bacon Saint Albans
Francis Bacon St. Albans
Franciscus Bacon de Verulamio
Franciscus Baconus de Verulamio
Francis Bacon
1st Viscount St. Alban
Francis
Viscount Saint Alban
Baron of Verulam Bacon
Francis
Viscount St. Albans Verulam
Franciscus Bacon
Francis Bacon de Verulamius
Francis Bacon of Verulam
Francis
Viscount St. Alban
Men
Vengeance
Revenge
Wounds
Forgiveness
Keeps
Anger
Green
Emotion
More quotes by Francis Bacon
Love and envy make a man pine, which other affections do not, because they are not so continual.
Francis Bacon
Velazquez found the perfect balance between the ideal illustration which he was required to produce, and the overwhelming emotion he aroused in the spectator.
Francis Bacon
My praise shall be dedicated to the mind itself. The mind is the man, and the knowledge is the mind. A man is but what he knoweth. The mind is but an accident to knowledge, for knowledge is the double of that which is.
Francis Bacon
Death is a friend of ours and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.
Francis Bacon
Certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body and if he be not kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature.
Francis Bacon
There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little, and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more, and not keep their suspicions in smother.
Francis Bacon
Why should a man be in love with his fetters, though of gold?
Francis Bacon
A bad man is worse when he pretends to be a saint.
Francis Bacon
Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.
Francis Bacon
God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.
Francis Bacon
Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.
Francis Bacon
The human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion (either as being the received opinion or as being agreeable to itself) draws all things else to support and agree with it.
Francis Bacon
Nothing is more pleasant to the eye than green grass kept finely shorn.
Francis Bacon
Young people are fitter to invent than to judge fitter for execution than for counsel and more fit for new projects than for settled business.
Francis Bacon
If I sit and daydream, the images rush by like a succession of colored slides.
Francis Bacon
The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend.
Francis Bacon
The wonder of a single snowflake outweighs the wisdom of a million meteorologists.
Francis Bacon
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
Francis Bacon
States, as great engines, move slowly.
Francis Bacon
Truth ... is the sovereign good of human nature.
Francis Bacon
