Francis Bacon: Quotes & Facts

This book is an anthology of quotes from Francis Bacon and selected facts about Francis Bacon. “It is impossible to love and to be wise.” “A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.” “A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” “Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.” “Boldness is a child of ignorance.” “Opportunity makes a thief.” “Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.” “A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.” “A healthy body is the guest-chamber of the soul; a sick, its prison.” “A just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war.” “A lie faces God and shrinks from man.”