Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volumen1C. Knight & Company, 1846 |
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... example , and examine thyself strictly whether thou didst not best at first . Neglect not also the examples of those that have carried themselves ill in the same place , not to set off thyself by taxing their memory , but to direct ...
... example , and examine thyself strictly whether thou didst not best at first . Neglect not also the examples of those that have carried themselves ill in the same place , not to set off thyself by taxing their memory , but to direct ...
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... example of God teacheth the lesson truly : ' He sendeth his rain , and maketh his sun to shine upon the just and the unjust ; ' but he doth not rain wealth nor shine honour and virtues upon men equally . Common benefits are to be ...
... example of God teacheth the lesson truly : ' He sendeth his rain , and maketh his sun to shine upon the just and the unjust ; ' but he doth not rain wealth nor shine honour and virtues upon men equally . Common benefits are to be ...
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... example of a dog , and mark what a generosity and courage he will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man who , to him , is instead of a God , or melior natura ; which courage is manifestly such as that creature , without that ...
... example of a dog , and mark what a generosity and courage he will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man who , to him , is instead of a God , or melior natura ; which courage is manifestly such as that creature , without that ...
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... example of time itself , which , indeed , innovateth greatly , but quietly and by degrees , scarce to be perceived ; for otherwise , whatsoever is new is unlooked for , and ever it mends some and pairs other : and he that is holpen ...
... example of time itself , which , indeed , innovateth greatly , but quietly and by degrees , scarce to be perceived ; for otherwise , whatsoever is new is unlooked for , and ever it mends some and pairs other : and he that is holpen ...
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... examples of the great odds between number and courage , so that a man may truly make a judgment , that the principal point of greatness in any state is to have a race of military men . Neither is money the sinews of war , as it is ...
... examples of the great odds between number and courage , so that a man may truly make a judgment , that the principal point of greatness in any state is to have a race of military men . Neither is money the sinews of war , as it is ...
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Página 41 - Certainly 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.
Página 85 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. 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 54 - IT were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely: and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose:
Página 85 - Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man ; and, therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Página 43 - THE joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears ; they cannot utter the one, nor they will not utter the other. Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter ; they increase the cares of life, but they mitigate the remembrance of death.
Página 57 - Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof, a depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made room for him. It is the wisdom of crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is, that those which (as Cicero says of Pompey) are sui amantes sine rivali, are many times unfortunate.
Página 53 - ... in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause; but when a man passeth on...
Página 32 - If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.' Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith cannot possibly be so highly expressed, as in that it shall be the last peal to call the judgments of God upon the generations of men: it being foretold, that, when 'Christ cometh,' he shall not 'find faith upon the earth.
Página 53 - I HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Página 79 - ALMIGHTY first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross...