And certain it is, that the light that a man receiveth by counsel from another is drier and purer than that which cometh from his own understanding and judgment, which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs. So as there is as much... A Little Book of Friendship - Page 47edited by - 1925 - 150 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...fortune, and be full of inconstancy, doing and undoing, like the reeling of a drunken man. LORD BACON. THERE is as much difference between the counsel that...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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...understanding and judgment ; which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs. So as there is as much difference between the counsel that....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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pages
...understanding and judgment, which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs ; so as there is as much difference between the counsel that...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 self, as the liberty of a... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...understanding and judgment, which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs ; so as there is as much difference between the counsel that...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 self, as the liberty of a... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 pages
...understanding and judgment ; which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs. So as there is as much difference between the counsel that...between the counsel of a friend, and of a flatterer. Forthere is nosuch. flatterer as is a man's self ; and there is no such remedy against flattery of... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...affections and customs. So as there is as much difference between the counsel that a friend givelh, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between...flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no such remedv against flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend. Counsel is of two sorts; the one... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...underhanding and judgment ; which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs. So as there is as much difference between the counsel that...there is between the counsel of a friend and of a iatterer ; for there is no such flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no such remedy against flattery... | |
| General reader - 1827 - 246 pages
...than the greatest conqueror amidst all the solemnities and pomps of a triumph. — Taller, No. III. There is as much difference between the counsel that...between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. — Bacon. — — • Levellers are generally the dupes of designing men, who taking advantage of... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 pages
...understanding and judgment ; which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs. So as there is as much difference between the counsel that...such flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no s«ch remedy against flattery i/t' a man's self as the liberty of a friend. Counsel is of two sorts... | |
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