The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays. Meditationes sacrae [English]. Of the colours of good and evil. Miscellaneous tracts upon human philosophy. Apophthegmes. ornamenta rationalia. Collection of sentences. Notes for conversation. Essay on deathWilliam Pickering., 1825 |
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... actions of murdering princes , butchery of people , and subversion of states and governments ? Surely this is to bring down the Holy Ghost , in- stead of the likeness of a dove , in the shape of a vulture or raven ; and to set out of ...
... actions of murdering princes , butchery of people , and subversion of states and governments ? Surely this is to bring down the Holy Ghost , in- stead of the likeness of a dove , in the shape of a vulture or raven ; and to set out of ...
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... actions , if they be not altogether open . As for talkers , and futile persons , they are commonly vain and credulous withal : for he that talketh what he knoweth , will also talk what he knoweth not ; therefore set it down , that a ...
... actions , if they be not altogether open . As for talkers , and futile persons , they are commonly vain and credulous withal : for he that talketh what he knoweth , will also talk what he knoweth not ; therefore set it down , that a ...
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... makes a man walk almost alone to his own ends ; the third , and greatest , is , that it depriveth a man of one of the most prin- cipal instruments for action , which is trust and be- 20 OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION .
... makes a man walk almost alone to his own ends ; the third , and greatest , is , that it depriveth a man of one of the most prin- cipal instruments for action , which is trust and be- 20 OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION .
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Francis Bacon. cipal instruments for action , which is trust and be- lief . The best composition and temperature is , to have openness in fame and opinion ; secrecy in habit ; dissimulation in seasonable use ; and a power to feign if ...
Francis Bacon. cipal instruments for action , which is trust and be- lief . The best composition and temperature is , to have openness in fame and opinion ; secrecy in habit ; dissimulation in seasonable use ; and a power to feign if ...
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... actions thereof , and turneth them into an ill odour ; and therefore there is little won by intermingling of plausible actions : for that doth argue but a weakness and fear of envy , which hurteth so much the more , as it is likewise ...
... actions thereof , and turneth them into an ill odour ; and therefore there is little won by intermingling of plausible actions : for that doth argue but a weakness and fear of envy , which hurteth so much the more , as it is likewise ...
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Términos y frases comunes
actions Æsop amongst ancient answered Apophthegmes Aristippus Aristotle asked atheism Augustus Cæsar Bacon better body Cæsar Cato the elder cause Cicero cold colour commonly conceit contrariwise counsel danger death Demosthenes discourse divers divine doth effect envy Epicurus errour Essays evil excellent fame favour fore fortune give glory goeth greater hath heat honour invention judge Julius Cæsar kind king knowledge labour less light likewise lord Lord Bacon maketh man's matter mean men's ment mind motion natural philosophy never opinion persons Phocion Plato pleasure Plutarch Pompey princes queen Elizabeth quod reason religion reprehension rest saith Scripture seemeth shew side Sir Henry Savil sort speak speech sun-beams Tacitus Themistocles things thou thought tion true truth unto usury Vespasian virtue whereas whereby wherein whereof whereupon wise wits wont to say
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Página 165 - Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. 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 3 - Truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene,) and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. 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 443 - 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 13 - Stoics), that the good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired. Bona rerum secundarum optabilia; adversarum mirabilia. Certainly if miracles be the command over nature, they appear most in adversity. It is yet a higher speech of his than the other (much too high for a heathen), It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man, and the security of a God.
Página 5 - ... mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death: and therefore death is no such ' terrible enemy, when a man hath so many attendants about him, that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honour aspireth to it; grief flieth to it; fear pre-occupateth...
Página xiv - ... 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 bo called away never so little, he must begin again...
Página 141 - Your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams, inferreth that young men are admitted nearer to God than old, because vision is a clearer revelation than a dream. And certainly, the more a man drinketh of the world, the more it...
Página 54 - It destroys likewise magnanimity, and the raising of human nature; for take an 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 nature; which courage is manifestly such as that creature, without that confidence of a better nature than his own, could never attain. So man, when he resteth and assureth himself upon divine protection and favour, gathereth a force and faith which human nature in...
Página 32 - ... themselves happy; for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot find it: but if they think with themselves what other men think of them, and that other men would fain be as they are, then they are happy as it were by report; when perhaps they find the contrary within. For they are the first that find their own griefs, though they be the last that find their own faults. Certainly men in great fortunes are strangers to themselves, and while they are in the puzzle of business they have no...
Página 422 - And, generally, men ought to find the difference between saltness and bitterness. Certainly he that hath a satirical vein, as he maketh others afraid of his wit, so he had need be afraid of others