Short quotes

Collection of phrases and short quotes to share on your social networks.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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It is a strange purpose to pursue power and lose freedom.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The head of many tall people resembles houses; the highest floor is the worst furnished.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The most shameful baseness is flattery

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Nothing is well known except through experience.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Travel is in youth a part of education and, in old age, a part of experience.

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Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The crocodiles shed tears when they devour their victims. That is their wisdom.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The bad thing about pretending to be good is that it's terrible.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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It's very difficult to make politics and morality compatible.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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When danger seems light, it ceases to be light.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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I have preferred to study books rather than men.