“Things alter for the worse spontaneously if they be not altered for the better designedly.”
More from Francis Bacon on Wisdom
“Wonder is the seed of knowledge”
“Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.”
“Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted ...but to weigh and consider.”
“The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.”
“The virtue of prosperity is temperance the virtue of adversity is fortitude.”
“Old wood best to burn old wine to drink old friends to trust and old authors to read.”
“Anger makes dull men witty but it keeps them poor.”
“He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.”
“Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.”
“The folly of one man is the fortune of another.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“Compassion is the radicalism of our time.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Little by little does the trick.”
Confucius
19 quotes“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know) Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and...”
Khalil Gibran
14 quotes“Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”
George Washington
14 quotes“Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.”