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... goeth basely upon the belly , and not upon the feet . There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious and therefore Montaigne saith prettily , when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie ...
... goeth basely upon the belly , and not upon the feet . There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious and therefore Montaigne saith prettily , when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie ...
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... goeth in the modern languages by the name of discontentment ; of which we shall speak in handling sedition . It is a disease in a state like to1 infection : for as infection spreadeth upon that which is sound , and tainteth it ; so ...
... goeth in the modern languages by the name of discontentment ; of which we shall speak in handling sedition . It is a disease in a state like to1 infection : for as infection spreadeth upon that which is sound , and tainteth it ; so ...
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... goeth to school , and not to travel . That young men travel under some tutor , or grave servant , I allow well ; so that he be such a one that hath the language , and hath been in the country before ; whereby he may be able to tell them ...
... goeth to school , and not to travel . That young men travel under some tutor , or grave servant , I allow well ; so that he be such a one that hath the language , and hath been in the country before ; whereby he may be able to tell them ...
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... goeth ; then he must have such a servant , or tutor , as knoweth the country , as was likewise said . Let him carry with him also some card , or book , describing the country where he trav- elleth ; which will be a good key to his ...
... goeth ; then he must have such a servant , or tutor , as knoweth the country , as was likewise said . Let him carry with him also some card , or book , describing the country where he trav- elleth ; which will be a good key to his ...
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... goeth commonly backward and forward in an un- steady manner . I knew a wise man1 , that had it for a by - word , when he saw men hasten to a conclusion , " Stay a little , that we may make an end the sooner . " 2. On the other side ...
... goeth commonly backward and forward in an un- steady manner . I knew a wise man1 , that had it for a by - word , when he saw men hasten to a conclusion , " Stay a little , that we may make an end the sooner . " 2. On the other side ...
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Page 18 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt. Dispraise or blame, nothing but well and fair. And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 171 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. 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.
Page 108 - But little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
Page 65 - Men in great place are thrice servants — servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business ; so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. 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.
Page 111 - ... whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the communicating and discoursing with another; he tosseth his thoughts more easily; he marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words: finally, he waxeth wiser than himself; and that more by an hour's discourse than by a day's meditation.
Page 151 - ... them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business; but the errors of aged men amount but to this, that more might have been done, or sooner.
Page 188 - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new ? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Page 20 - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.
Page 184 - Patience and gravity of hearing is an essential part of justice, and an over-speaking judge is no well-tuned cymbal. It is no grace to a judge first to find that which he might have heard in due time from the bar, or to show quickness of conceit in cutting off evidence or counsel too short, or to prevent information by questions, though pertinent.
Page 171 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them, for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.