Virtue is like precious odours,- most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed Quotes By : Francis Bacon, Sr. | Added By:
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god Quotes By : Francis Bacon, Sr. | Added By:
Poesy was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind Quotes By : Francis Bacon, Sr. | Added By:
He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question, when a man should marry? 'A young man not yet, an elder man not at all Quotes By : Francis Bacon, Sr. | Added By:
Men suppose their reason has command over their words still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason Quotes By : Francis Bacon, Sr. | Added By:
The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall Quotes By : Francis Bacon, Sr. | Added By: