The Essayes Or, Counsels Civill and Morall of Francis Bacon ...Dutton, 1900 - 6 էջ |
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... kings and monarchs do set upon this fruit of friendship whereof we speak so great as they purchase it many times at the hazard of their own safety and 1 greatness , for princes in regard of the distance xlvi Introduction.
... kings and monarchs do set upon this fruit of friendship whereof we speak so great as they purchase it many times at the hazard of their own safety and 1 greatness , for princes in regard of the distance xlvi Introduction.
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... ( whereof the memory remaineth , either ancient or recent ) , there is not one that hath been transported to the mad degree of love ; which shews that great spirits and great business do keep out this weak passion . You must except ...
... ( whereof the memory remaineth , either ancient or recent ) , there is not one that hath been transported to the mad degree of love ; which shews that great spirits and great business do keep out this weak passion . You must except ...
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... whereof the latter is a curse : for in evil the best condition is not to will , the second not to can . But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring . For good thoughts ( though God accept them ) yet towards men are ...
... whereof the latter is a curse : for in evil the best condition is not to will , the second not to can . But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring . For good thoughts ( though God accept them ) yet towards men are ...
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... whereof we will speak ; as for the just cure , it must answer to the particular disease , and so be left to counsel rather than rule . The first remedy or prevention is to remove by all means possible that material cause of sedition whereof ...
... whereof we will speak ; as for the just cure , it must answer to the particular disease , and so be left to counsel rather than rule . The first remedy or prevention is to remove by all means possible that material cause of sedition whereof ...
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... whereof we see examples in the janizaries , and pretorian bands of Rome : but trainings of men , and arming them in several places , and under several commanders , and without dona- tives , are things of defence , and no danger ...
... whereof we see examples in the janizaries , and pretorian bands of Rome : but trainings of men , and arming them in several places , and under several commanders , and without dona- tives , are things of defence , and no danger ...
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Էջ 182 - Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
Էջ 2 - 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.
Էջ 195 - GOD 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 handiworks.
Էջ 3 - The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit.
Էջ 70 - 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 :
Էջ 109 - IT had been hard for him that spake it to have put more truth and untruth together in few words than in that speech, " Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 16 - 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.
Էջ 124 - Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like, all this is but a sheep in a lion's skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike. Nay, number (itself) in armies importeth not much, where the people is of weak courage, for (as Virgil saith) It never troubles a wolf how many the sheep be.
Էջ 41 - It is a strange desire, to seek power and to lose liberty ; or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.