“We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.”

— Francis Bacon, Apophthegms (1624)

About Francis Bacon

1561 – 1626

English philosopher and statesman, author of the "Essays" and "Novum Organum".

“Nothing is terrible except fear itself.”

“Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.”

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

“My friends are my "estate." Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them.”

“A Father is a Treasure, a Brother a Comfort ; but a Friend is both.”

“It is easier to forgive an Enemy than to forgive a Friend.”

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”

“Thou canst not joke an Enemy into a Friend; but thou may'st a Friend into an Enemy.”

“While both are dear, piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.”