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516 Powerful Francis Bacon Quotes to Inspire You

Art | Belief | Creativity | Deception | Expression | Friendship | Growth | Human Nature | Influence | Justice | More

About Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, born on January 22, 1561, in London, was an English philosopher, statesman, and scientist who played a crucial role in developing the scientific method. A key figure of the Renaissance, he advocated for empirical research and logical reasoning over reliance on tradition. His ideas laid the foundation for modern scientific inquiry, emphasizing observation and experimentation. Beyond science, Bacon also contributed to politics and literature, serving as England’s Lord Chancellor and producing influential writings on law, philosophy, and governance.

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Here are 516 Powerful quotes by Francis Bacon on various topics to inspire you.

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God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires

1. “God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.”

Responsibility, Burden, Strength, Faith, Challenges

Great art is deeply ordered Even if within the order

2. “Great art is deeply ordered. Even if within the order there may be enormously instinctive and accidental things, nevertheless they come out of a desire for ordering and for returning fact onto the nervous system in a more violent way.”

Art, Order, Chaos, Expression, Creativity

All colours will agree in the dark

3. “All colours will agree in the dark.”

Equality, Perspective, Darkness, Harmony, Perception

For my name and memory I leave to men’s charitable

4. “For my name and memory I leave to men’s charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.”

Legacy, Memory, Reputation, Time, Influence

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom

5. “A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.”

Wisdom, Questioning, Knowledge, Inquiry, Thought

Judges ought to be more learned than witty more reverent

6. “Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.”

Judgment, Integrity, Law, Wisdom, Virtue

I would like in my arbitrary way to bring one

7. “I would like, in my arbitrary way, to bring one nearer to the actual human being.”

Art, Expression, Humanity, Reality, Emotion

To spend too much time in studies is sloth

8. “To spend too much time in studies is sloth.”

Studies, Balance, Learning, Productivity, Wisdom

I will never be an old man To me old

9. “I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.”

Age, Perception, Mindset, Youth, Time

He that seeketh to be eminent amongst able men hath

10. “He that seeketh to be eminent amongst able men hath a great task; but that is ever good for the public. But he that plots to be the only figure amongst ciphers is the decay of a whole age.”

Leadership, Ambition, Society, Influence, Wisdom

For what a man would like to be true that

11. “For what a man would like to be true, that he more readily believes.”

Belief, Perception, Bias, Truth, Illusion

To know truly is to know by causes

12. “To know truly is to know by causes.”

Knowledge, Truth, Understanding, Reasoning, Inquiry

In order for the light to shine so brightly the

13. “In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.”

Light, Darkness, Contrast, Balance, Existence

Fortitude is the marshal of thought the armor of the

14. “Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.”

Fortitude, Strength, Willpower, Reason, Mindset

Truth is a naked and open daylight

15. “Truth is a naked and open daylight.”

Truth, Clarity, Reality, Transparency, Honesty

I always think of myself not so much as a

16. “I always think of myself not so much as a painter but as a medium for accident and chance.”

Art, Creativity, Expression, Chance, Inspiration

If money be not thy servant it will be thy

17. “If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.”

Money, Wealth, Greed, Control, Servitude

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green

18. “A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.”

Revenge, Healing, Bitterness, Forgiveness, Wisdom

Rebellions of the belly are the worst

19. “Rebellions of the belly are the worst.”

Hunger, Rebellion, Survival, Society, Struggles

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness

20. “There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.”

Beauty, Uniqueness, Aesthetics, Perception, Art

Nothing is to be feared but fear itself Nothing grievous

21. “Nothing is to be feared but fear itself. Nothing grievous but to yield to grief.”

Fear, Courage, Strength, Grief, Overcoming

Defer not charities till death; for certainly if a man

22. “Defer not charities till death; for certainly, if a man weigh it rightly, he that doth so is rather liberal of another man’s than of his own.”

Charity, Giving, Generosity, Life Purpose, Legacy

Travel in the younger sort is a part of education;

23. “Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.”

Travel, Education, Experience, Youth, Growth

Truth will sooner come out from error than from confusion

24. “Truth will sooner come out from error than from confusion.”

Truth, Error, Clarity, Learning, Knowledge

Above all believe it the sweetest canticle is Nunc dimittis

25. “Above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is Nunc dimittis, when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. Death hath this also, that it openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguisheth envy.”

Achievement, Death, Legacy, Fame, Envy

As you work the mood grows on you There are

26. “As you work, the mood grows on you. There are certain images which suddenly get hold of me and I really want to do them. But it’s true to say that the excitement and possibilities are in the working and obviously can only come in the working.”

Creativity, Work, Passion, Inspiration, Process

Friendship maketh daylight in the understanding out of darkness and

27. “Friendship maketh daylight in the understanding, out of darkness and confusion of thoughts.”

Friendship, Understanding, Clarity, Support, Wisdom

Again there is another great and powerful cause why the

28. “Again there is another great and powerful cause why the sciences have made but little progress; which is this. It is not possible to run a course aright when the goal itself has not been rightly placed.”

Science, Progress, Goals, Knowledge, Direction

In taking revenge a man is but even with his

29. “In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.”

Revenge, Forgiveness, Superiority, Wisdom, Character

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but

30. “People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can’t fool the neighbors.”

Deception, Reputation, Society, Judgment, Honesty