Quotes for English Learners
Quotes by
Francis Bacon
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Francis Bacon
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Francis Bacon :
Breakfast and supper Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
Francis Bacon |
hope
Compensation Imagination 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 death Men 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 humor Imagination 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
Knowledge Knowledge is power.
Francis Bacon |
power
Laughing at troubles When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.
Francis Bacon |
loss
Opportunities A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Francis Bacon |
wisdom
Things alter Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.
Francis Bacon |
change
Travel Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
Francis Bacon |
travel
Without many fears Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
Francis Bacon |
fear
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