Moral, Economical, and Political EssaysPublished at the Water Street Bookstore, 1833 - 216 páginas |
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... and Respects .. .191 Traise . .193 Vainglory .. .169 Honour and Reputation . .198 Judicature ............ .201 Anger .. ..206 Vicissitude of Things . ..209 ECONOMICAL , AND POLITICAL ESSAYS . BY FRANCIS BACON , CONTENTS .
... and Respects .. .191 Traise . .193 Vainglory .. .169 Honour and Reputation . .198 Judicature ............ .201 Anger .. ..206 Vicissitude of Things . ..209 ECONOMICAL , AND POLITICAL ESSAYS . BY FRANCIS BACON , CONTENTS .
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... honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear preoccupieth it ; nay , we read , after Otho the emperor had slain himself , pity ( which is the tenderest of affec- tions ) provoked many to die out of mere compassion to their ...
... honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it ; fear preoccupieth it ; nay , we read , after Otho the emperor had slain himself , pity ( which is the tenderest of affec- tions ) provoked many to die out of mere compassion to their ...
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... honour , or the like ; therefore why should I be angry with a man for loving himself better than me ? And if any man should do wrong , merely out of ill nature , why , yet it is but like the thorn or brier , which prick and scratch ...
... honour , or the like ; therefore why should I be angry with a man for loving himself better than me ? And if any man should do wrong , merely out of ill nature , why , yet it is but like the thorn or brier , which prick and scratch ...
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... honour ; in that it should be said , " that an eunuch , or a lame man , did such great matters ; " affecting the honour of a miracle : as it was in Narses , the eunuch , and Agesilaus and Tamerlane , that were lame men . The same is the ...
... honour ; in that it should be said , " that an eunuch , or a lame man , did such great matters ; " affecting the honour of a miracle : as it was in Narses , the eunuch , and Agesilaus and Tamerlane , that were lame men . The same is the ...
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... honour great travels , cares , and perils , are less subject to envy ; for men think that they earn their honours hardly , and pity them sometimes ; and pity ever healeth envy : wherefore you shall observe , that the more deep and sober ...
... honour great travels , cares , and perils , are less subject to envy ; for men think that they earn their honours hardly , and pity them sometimes ; and pity ever healeth envy : wherefore you shall observe , that the more deep and sober ...
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Æsop affection alleys amongst ancient atheism Augustus Cæsar better beware body bold Cæsar cause certainly Cicero cometh command commonly corrupt counsel counsellors court cunning custom danger death despatch discourse dissimulation doth England envy Epicurus Epimetheus especially factions fair fame favour fear flowers fortune fruit Galba garden give giveth goeth greatest ground hand hath heart honour hurt judge judgment kind king less ligion likewise Low Countries Lucullus Macedon maketh man's matter means men's mind motion nature ness never nobility noble observation opinion party persons plantation pleasure Plutarch Pompey princes religion remedy riches Romans secret sects seditions seemeth Sejanus Septimius Severus servants side Solomon saith sometimes sort Sparta speak speech sure Tacitus things thou thought Tiberius tion tree true unto usury Vespasian virtue whereby wherein whereof wise
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Página 11 - Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Página 189 - For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned.
Página 23 - Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Página 107 - ... maketh daylight in the understanding, out of darkness and confusion of thoughts: neither is this to be understood only of faithful counsel, which a man receiveth from his friend; but before you come to that, certain it is, that whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up, in the communicating and discoursing with another; he tosseth his thoughts more easily; he marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned...
Página 190 - Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again: if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores...
Página 190 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Página 22 - But yet the spirit of Job was in a better tune: " Shall we," saith he, " take good at God's hands, and not be content to take evil also ? " and so of friends in a proportion.
Página 103 - ... no receipt openeth the heart, but a true friend; to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes, suspicions, counsels, and whatsoever lieth upon the heart to oppress it, in a kind of civil shrift or confession.
Página 11 - One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy vinum daemonum, because it filleth the imagination, and yet it is but with the shadow of a lie. But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in, and settleth in it, that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before.
Página 21 - ... and it is two for one. Some, when they take revenge, are desirous the party should know whence it cometh: this is the more generous. For the delight seemeth to be not so much in doing the hurt as in making the party repent: but base and crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth in the dark. Cosmus, duke of Florence, had a desperate saying against perfidious or neglecting friends, as if those wrongs were unpardonable: You shall read (saith he) that we are commanded to forgive our enemies;...