Francis Bacon Quotes

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

Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, and fitter for new projects than for settled business. - Francis Bacon Sr

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. - Francis Bacon Sr.

Words, when written, crystallize history; their very structure gives permanence to the unchangeable past. - Francis Bacon Sr.

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. - Francis Bacon Sr.

Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends, but he joyeth the more; and no man that imparteth his grieves to his friend, but he grieveth the less. - Francis Bacon Sr.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find. - Francis Bacon Sr.

Who then to frail mortality shall trust,/ But limns the water, or but writes in dust. - Francis Bacon

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much. - Francis Bacon

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. - Francis Bacon Sr.

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