Quotes by Bacon, Francis

Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things >>

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, >>

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks him >>

Quotations about Proverbs

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced t >>

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, >>

I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but >>

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

Bacon, Francis