Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
Francis Bacon quote Opportunity makes a thief.
Francis Bacon quote Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.
Francis Bacon quote Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.
Francis Bacon quote Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.
Francis Bacon quote Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.
Francis Bacon quote Little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
Francis Bacon quote Knowledge and human power are synonymous.
Francis Bacon quote Biography
English philosopher and author, 1561 - 1626
