Quotes by Bacon, Francis

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires. >>

God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given >>

Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of thems >>

Quotations about Doubt

Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way. >>

When in charge ponder. When in trouble delegate. When in doubt mumble. >>

True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, >>

Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.

Bacon, Francis