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" So as there is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of .a flatterer; for there is no such flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no such remedy... "
For Friendship's Sake - Page 86
1900 - 91 pages
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The essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...', the one concerning Manners, the other concerning Bufineft. For the firft » The beft prefervative to keep the Mind in Health, is the faithful Admonition of a Friend. The calling of a Mans Self to a ftrict Account is a Medicine fometime too Piercing and Corrofive* Reading.good Books...
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Lord Bacon's Essays, Or Counsels Moral and Civil: Translated from the Latin ...

Francis Bacon - 1720 - 528 pages
...Flatterer than a Man's felf ; nor, again, a more Sovereign Remedy againft Flattery of a Man's felf, than the Liberty of a FRIEND. COUNSEL is of two Sorts :...concerning MANNERS; the other concerning BUSINESS. For the Firft; The beft Prefervative to keep the Mind in Health, is the Admonition of a Faithful FRIEND. The...
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Lord Bacon's Essays, Or Counsels Moral and Civil: Translated from the Latin ...

Francis Bacon - 1720 - 556 pages
...Flatterer than a Man's felf ; nor, again, a more Sovereign Remedy againfl Flattery of a Man's felf, than the Liberty of a FRIEND. COUNSEL is of two Sorts ; The one concerning MANNERS; the other con-i cerning BUSINESS. For the Firfl; The beft Prefervative to keep the Mind in Health, is the Admonition...
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State-worthies: Or, The Statesmen and Favourites of England from the ...

David Lloyd - 1766 - 608 pages
...words) the one concerning manners? the other concerning bufinefs : for the firft, the beft prefervative to keep the mind in health, is the faithful admonition of a Friend : The calling of a man's felf to aftrift account, is a medicine fometime too piercing and corroding ; reading good Books of...
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The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 14

1801 - 446 pages
...between the counsel of a friend and of a Hatrerer; for there is no such flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no s-uch remedy against flattery of a man's...of a man's self to a strict account is a medicine sometimes too piercing and corrosive; reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead; observing...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...the counsel of a friend and of .a flatterer; for there is no such flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's...of a man's self to a strict account, is a medicine sometimes too piercing and corrosive; reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead; observing...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer ; for there is no such flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's self, as is the liberty of a friend. LORD BACOK. IN advice given to young people, it fares with them, as it...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer ; for there is no such flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no such remedy against flattery of .a man's self as the liberty of a friend. Counsel it of two sorts ; the one concerning manners, the other concerning business : for the first, the best...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 11

1816 - 782 pages
...principle offal vat ion. — There is no £«>//;& in us. Common Prajer. — The beft prefervative to keep the mind in health, is the faithful admonition of a friend. Bacon. 3. Salvation fpiritual and temporal. — My God, my God, why haft thou forfaken me, and art...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pages
...the counsel of a friend, and of a flatterer : for there is no such flatterer, as in a man's self; and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's...of a man's self to a strict account is a medicine sometimes too piercing and corrosive. Reading good books of morality, is a little flat and dead. Observing...
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