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“Reading maketh a full man; and writing an axact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he need have a present wit; and if he read little, he need have much cunning to seem to know which he doth not.”

Francis Bacon

“Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.”

Francis Bacon

No. 97
Apophthegms (1624)
Context: Alonso of Aragon was wont to say in commendation of age, that age appears to be best in four things — old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

“The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.”

Francis Bacon

“In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.”

Francis Bacon

“Knowledge itself is power.”
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.

Francis Bacon

Meditationes Sacræ [Sacred Meditations] (1597) "De Hæresibus" [Of Heresies]
Variants:
Scientia Ipsa Potentia Est.
Scientia potentia est.
Knowledge is power.
Scientia potestas est.
Scientia est potentia.
Source: Meditations Sacrae and Human Philosophy Meditations Sacrae and Human Philosophy

“Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.”

Francis Bacon book Essays

Of Studies
Essays (1625)

“In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.”

Francis Bacon book Essays

Of Revenge
Essays (1625)
Variant: Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon.

“There are two ways of spreading light.. to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

Francis Bacon

“Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends”

Francis Bacon

“The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.”

Francis Bacon

“If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted”

Francis Bacon

“God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.”

Francis Bacon

“There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.”

Francis Bacon