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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ... - Page 422
by Francis Bacon - 1825
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A Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding

John Locke - 1849 - 372 pages
...is a vein which should be bridled : " Puree puer stimuli^, et forlius utere loris." And, generally, men ought to find the difference between saltness...vein, as he maketh others afraid of his wit, so he had ueed be afraid of others' memory. He that questioneth much shall learn much, and content much ; but...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...is a vein which would be bridled; " Parce, puer, stimulés, et fortins Mere loris." And, generally, men ought to find the difference between saltness...vein, as he maketh others afraid of his wit, so he bad nedB be afraid of others' memory. He that questioneth much, shall learn much, and content much;...
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Works, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...is a vein which would be bridled ; " Farce, pucr, stimulis, et fortius utere loris." And generally men ought to find the difference between saltness...hath a satirical vein, as he maketh others afraid of Jjis wit, so he had need be afraid of others' memory/ He that questioneth much shall learn much, and...
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Maxims for meditation, conceits for conversation, gems of genius, pearls of ...

Maxims - 1852 - 242 pages
...talk well ; and always speak too much when you speak ill. He that has a satirical vein, as he makes others afraid of his wit, so he had need be afraid of others' memory. As a man should not construe that in earnest, which is spoken in jest, so he should not speak that...
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The essays; or, Counsels civil and moral with A table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...that is a vein which would be bridled. Farce, puer, stimulis, et fortius utere loris.' And, generally, men ought to find the difference between saltness...his wit, so he had need be afraid of others' memory. He that questioneth much shall learn much, and content much; but especially if he apply his questions...
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Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...is a vein which would be bridled ; " Parce, puer, stimulis, et fortius utere loris." And generally men ought to find the difference between saltness...his wit, so he had need be afraid of others' memory. He that qtiestioneth much shall learn much, and content much ; but especially if he apply his questions...
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Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...vein which would be bridled : — ' Farce puer si iinulis, et fortius utere loris.' ! And, generally, men ought to find the difference between saltness...his wit, so he had need be afraid of others' memory. He that questioneth much shall learn much, and content much, but especially if he apply his questions...
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The Essays: Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral ; and The Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 pages
...vein which would be bridled:8— " Parce, puer, stimulis, et fortius utere loris." * And, generally, men ought to find the difference between saltness and bitterness. Certainly, he that 1 A censure of this nature has been applied by some to Dr. Johnson, and possibly with some reason....
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Bacon's Essays: With Annotations

Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 pages
...vein which would be bridled : — ' Farce puer stimulis, et fortius utere loris.'2 And, generally, men ought to find the difference between saltness...his wit, so he had need be afraid of others' memory. He that questioneth much shall learn much, and content much, but especially if he apply his questions...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volumes 80-81

1857 - 820 pages
...is a }Vein which would be bridled ; PMC« pncr ntlranlis, et íbrtlus atere lorie. And, generally, men ought to find the difference between saltness...wit, so he had need be afraid of others' memory." The conclusion of which last sentence Sir Robert Peel has peculiar reason to study. But this is not...
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