Quotes by Bacon, Francis

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve >>

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whe >>

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citi >>

Quotations about Advice

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice. >>

We may give advice, but not the sense to use it. >>

To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laug >>

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.

Bacon, Francis