The essays; or, Counsels civil and moral with A table of the colours of good and evil. Revised, with references and a few notes by T. Markby |
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... hath some main faults ; which , because a man must needs disguise , it maketh him practise simula- tion in other things , lest his hand should be out of ure . The advantages of simulation and dissimulation are three . First , to lay ...
... hath some main faults ; which , because a man must needs disguise , it maketh him practise simula- tion in other things , lest his hand should be out of ure . The advantages of simulation and dissimulation are three . First , to lay ...
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... hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises , either of virtue or mischief . Certainly the best works , and of greatest merit for the public , have proceeded from the unmarried ...
... hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises , either of virtue or mischief . Certainly the best works , and of greatest merit for the public , have proceeded from the unmarried ...
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... hath no 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 ...
... hath no 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 ...
Side 18
... hath not the same lustre ; for fresh men grow up that darken it . Persons of noble blood are less envied in their rising ; for it seemeth but right done to their birth . Besides , there seemeth not so much added to their fortune ; and ...
... hath not the same lustre ; for fresh men grow up that darken it . Persons of noble blood are less envied in their rising ; for it seemeth but right done to their birth . Besides , there seemeth not so much added to their fortune ; and ...
Side 20
... hath been transported to the mad degree of love ; which shows that great spirits and great business do keep out this weak passion . You must except , nevertheless , Marcus Antonius , the half partner of the empire of Rome ; and Appius ...
... hath been transported to the mad degree of love ; which shows that great spirits and great business do keep out this weak passion . You must except , nevertheless , Marcus Antonius , the half partner of the empire of Rome ; and Appius ...
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The Essays; Or, Counsels Civil and Moral with a Table of the Colours of Good ... Francis Bacon (visct St Albans ) Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2020 |
The Essays; Or, Counsels Civil and Moral with a Table of the Colours of Good ... Francis Bacon (visct St Albans ) Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2020 |
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Side 2 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature.
Side 2 - 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.
Side 111 - ... 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. If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing, to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers' cases : so every defect of the mind may have a special receipt.
Side 54 - It is good also not to try experiments in states, except the necessity be urgent, or the utility evident; and well to beware that it be the reformation that draweth on the change, and not the desire of change that pretendeth the reformation.
Side 60 - ... 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 into words ; finally, he waxeth wiser than himself; and that more by an hour's discourse than by a day's meditation.
Side 119 - Patience and gravity of hearing is an essential part of justice, and an over-speaking judge is no well-tuned cymbal. It is no grace to a judge first to find that which he might have heard in due time from the bar, or to show quickness of conceit in cutting off evidence or counsel too short, or to prevent information by questions, though pertinent.
Side 35 - 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.
Side 121 - Let judges also remember, that Solomon's throne was supported by lions on both sides : let them be lions, but yet lions under the throne : being circumspect that they do not check or oppose any points of sovereignty. Let not judges also be so ignorant of their own right, as to think there is not left to them, as a principal part of their office, a wise use and application of laws; for they may remember what the apostle saith of a greater law than theirs. "Nos scimus quia lex bona est, modo quis ea...
Side 1 - Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that showeth best by day ; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that showeth best in varied lights. A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure. Doth any man doubt...
Side 27 - If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them : if he be compassionate towards the afflictions of others, it shows that his heart is like the noble tree that is wounded itself when it gives the balm...