The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen1M. Jones, 1802 |
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... virtue of prosperity is temperance ; the virtue of adversity is forti- tude , which in morals is the more heroical virtue . Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ; adversity is the blessing of the New , which carrieth the ...
... virtue of prosperity is temperance ; the virtue of adversity is forti- tude , which in morals is the more heroical virtue . Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ; adversity is the blessing of the New , which carrieth the ...
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... virtue is like precious odours , most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed ; for prosperity doth best discover vice , but adversity doth best discover virtue . OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMU- LATION . DISSIMULATION is but a faint kind ...
... virtue is like precious odours , most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed ; for prosperity doth best discover vice , but adversity doth best discover virtue . OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMU- LATION . DISSIMULATION is but a faint kind ...
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... virtue of a confessor ; and assuredly the secret man heareth many confessions , for who will open himself to a blab or a babbler ? But if a man be thought secret , it inviteth disco- very , as the more close air sucketh in the more open ...
... virtue of a confessor ; and assuredly the secret man heareth many confessions , for who will open himself to a blab or a babbler ? But if a man be thought secret , it inviteth disco- very , as the more close air sucketh in the more open ...
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... virtue or mis- chief . Certainly the best works , and of great- est merit for the public have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which , both in affection and means , have married and en- dowed the public . Yet it were ...
... virtue or mis- chief . Certainly the best works , and of great- est merit for the public have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which , both in affection and means , have married and en- dowed the public . Yet it were ...
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... virtue in himself ever ` envieth virtue in others : for men's minds will either feed upon their own good , or upon others evil ; and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other ; and whoso is out of hope to attain to another's virtue ...
... virtue in himself ever ` envieth virtue in others : for men's minds will either feed upon their own good , or upon others evil ; and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other ; and whoso is out of hope to attain to another's virtue ...
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