There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. -Sir Francis Bacon

 

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.


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This quote is just one of 51 total Sir Francis Bacon quotes in our collection. Sir Francis Bacon is known for saying 'There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. -Sir Francis Bacon
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The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.

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It is not what men eat but what they digest that makes them strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; not what we preach but what we practice that makes us Christians. -Sir Francis Bacon
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In charity there is no excess.

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