The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen12Houghton, Mifflin, 1860 |
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... speak in a mean . The virtue of Prosperity is temperance ; the virtue of Adversity is fortitude ; which in morals is the more heroical virtue . Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ; Ad- versity is the blessing of the New ...
... speak in a mean . The virtue of Prosperity is temperance ; the virtue of Adversity is fortitude ; which in morals is the more heroical virtue . Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ; Ad- versity is the blessing of the New ...
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... speak . For the discovery of a man's self by the tracts of his countenance is a great weakness and be- traying ; by how much it is many times more marked and believed than a man's words . For the second , which is Dissimulation ; it ...
... speak . For the discovery of a man's self by the tracts of his countenance is a great weakness and be- traying ; by how much it is many times more marked and believed than a man's words . For the second , which is Dissimulation ; it ...
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... speak of public envy . There is yet some good in public envy , whereas in private there is none . For public envy is as an ostracism , that eclipseth men when they grow too great . And therefore it is a bridle also to great ones , to ...
... speak of public envy . There is yet some good in public envy , whereas in private there is none . For public envy is as an ostracism , that eclipseth men when they grow too great . And therefore it is a bridle also to great ones , to ...
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... speaking in a perpetual hyperbole is comely in nothing but in love . Neither is it merely in the phrase ; for whereas it hath been well said that the arch - flatterer , with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence , is a man's ...
... speaking in a perpetual hyperbole is comely in nothing but in love . Neither is it merely in the phrase ; for whereas it hath been well said that the arch - flatterer , with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence , is a man's ...
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... speak of Nobility first as a portion of an estate ; then as a condition of particular persons . A monarchy where there is no nobility at all , is ever a pure and absolute tyranny ; as that of the Turks . For nobility attempers ...
... speak of Nobility first as a portion of an estate ; then as a condition of particular persons . A monarchy where there is no nobility at all , is ever a pure and absolute tyranny ; as that of the Turks . For nobility attempers ...
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adeo Æsop amongst ancient apud atheism atque Augustus Cæsar autem Bacon better body businesse Cæsar Certainly Cicero commonly counsel cunning custom danger death discourse doth ejus Endymion enim envy erat Essays esset etiam factions fame favour fere fortune Francis Bacon fuit Galba goeth hæc hath haue honour hujusmodi illa illud instar Itaque Iudge iudgement Julius Cæsar kind King likewise magis maketh man's matter means men's Metis mind nature Neque neuer nihil nobility omnia opinion persons Pompey princes profanum quæ quam quod rebus religion rerum riches saith Salomon seditions servants shew sibi side sive sort speak speech suæ sunt Tacitus tamen tanquam tantum themselues things thou thought Tiberius tion translation adds true unto usury veluti vertue verum Vespasian virtue vpon wherein whereof wise words