Quotes by Francis Bacon

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.

God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.

But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

God's first creature, which was light.

Acorns were good until bread was found.

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.