Quotes by Bacon, Francis

That things are changed, and that nothing really perishes, and that th >>

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. >>

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good co >>

Quotations about Ideas

The difference between people and ideas is... only superficial. >>

Some people entertain ideas; others put them to work. >>

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that >>

In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events of the time and determines their ultimate issues.

Bacon, Francis