We have a collection of 14 Men quotes from Francis Bacon
"Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men." (ID 43721)
"By indignities men come to dignities." (ID 43737)
"A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion." (ID 43833)
"Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor." (ID 44071)
"Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses." (ID 44337)
"Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise." (ID 44359)
"But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on." (ID 44370)
"The worst men often give the best advice." (ID 44388)
"Wise men make more opportunities than they find." (ID 44432)
"The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses." (ID 44577)
"The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate." (ID 44605)
"We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do." (ID 44612)
"For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages." (ID 44613)
"The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall." (ID 44616)
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