Francis Bacon Begin Quotations

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.

In contemplation, if a man begins with certainties he shall end in doubts; but if he be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

The zeal which begins with hypocrisy must conclude in treachery; at first it deceives, at last it betrays

If we begin with certainties, we will end in doubt. But if we begin with doubts and bear them patiently, we may end in certainty.

If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

Men on their side must force themselves for a while to by their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts.

In thinking, if a person begins with certainties, they shall end in doubts, but if they can begin with doubts, they will end in certainties.