Quotes by Bacon, Francis

Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausibl >>

Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly >>

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they see not >>

Quotations about Fear

There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presen >>

Fear has many eyes and can see things underground. >>

How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through t >>

It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear.

Bacon, Francis