When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.
-Francis Bacon
Tag: Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon Quotes – Anger makes dull men witty..
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
-Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon Quotes – Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise..
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.
-Francis Bacon
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..
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
Francis Bacon Quotes – Life..
Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.
-Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon Quotes – Wives are young men’s mistresses..
Wives are young men’s mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men’s nurses.
-Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon Quotes – But men must know..
But men must know, that in this theatre of man’s life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.
-Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon Quotes – People usually think according to their inclinations..
People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.
-Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon Quotes – Wise men make more opportunities than they find..
Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
-Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon Quotes – He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune for they are impediments to great enterprises..
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.
-Francis Bacon