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The author of the following quotes: Francis BaconQuotes by Francis Bacon :
Breakfast and supperHope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
Francis Bacon | hope
CompensationImagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
Francis Bacon | imagination
Fear of deathMen fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.
Francis Bacon | death
Imagination and humorImagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
Francis Bacon | humor
KnowledgeKnowledge is power.
Francis Bacon | power
Laughing at troublesWhen a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.
Francis Bacon | loss
OpportunitiesA wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Francis Bacon | wisdom
Things alterThings alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.
Francis Bacon | change
TravelTravel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
Francis Bacon | travel
Without many fearsProsperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
Francis Bacon | fear
Quotes by most famous authors / Quotes by Francis Bacon
