Sir Francis BaconThinkers

Academics is proof that there is no great concurrence between wisdom and learning.

Action is done according to custom, just as speaking is done according to rules, and thinking is done according to nature.

Action always takes its hue from the complexion of the heart, just as landscapes take their variety from light.

Adversity is not without many fears and dictates.

Adversity is that which discovers virtue just as prosperity is that which discovers vice.

Advice is a thing whereby the best is often given by the worst of men.

Advice is alone not enough. One must also give good example. To give both good advice and good example is to build with both hands, while to give good advice is to build with one.

Age is best in four things... wood to burn, wine to drink, friends to trust and authors to read.

Ancestor is not to be used to justify one's own worth. He who does so resembles a potato: the valuable part is underground.

Anger is incapable of being extinguished, but one ought rather to be angry but sin not.

Anger ought to be carried with scorn rather than with fear... so that one may seem rather to be above the injury, than below it.

Aristotle is a mere bond-servant to his logic, thereby rendering it contentious and well nigh useless.

Art is man added to nature.

Art is at times visceral, at times intellectual. Some paint comes across directly onto the nervous system and other paint tells you the story in a long diatribe through the brain.

The Artist's job is to deepen the mystery.