 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1876 - 592 pages
...perfection, if the practice be harder than the use. LORD BACON IS/. ENVY OF VIRTUE GENERALLY IN THE VICIOUS. A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth virtue in others—for men's minds will either feed upon their own good, or upon others' evil; and who wanteth... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...most subject to be envied themselves ; and what is the difference between public and private envy. A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth...come at even hand by depressing another's fortune. A man that is busy and inquisitive, is commonly envious : for to know much of other men's matters cannot... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1877 - 1014 pages
...the difference between public and private envy. A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever euvieth virtue in others. For men's minds will either feed...come at even hand by depressing another's fortune. A man that is busy and inquisitive is commonly envious. For to know much of other men's matters cannot... | |
 | Charles Wareing E. Bardsley - 1877 - 348 pages
...but evidently the play had begun, and the opening scene lay in the English capital. CHAPTER XIII. " A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth...upon the other : and whoso is out of hope to attain another's virtue, will seek to come at even hand, by depressing another's fortune." — BACON, Of Envy.... | |
 | Aristotle - Rhetoric - 1877 - 360 pages
...common with Aristotle. Bacon places the sting of envy in the want of something which another possesses. "A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth...who -wanteth the one will prey upon the other; and л¥позо is out of hope to attain to another's virtue will seek to come at even hand by depressing... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1878 - 246 pages
...are most subject to be envied themselves, and what is the difference between public and private Envy. A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth...to another's virtue will seek to come at even hand 9 by depressing another's fortune. A man that is busy 10 and inquisitive is commonly envious; for to... | |
 | William Stanley Jevons - Logic - 1878 - 374 pages
...magistrate ; therefore they did what was lawful for a Christian. — Whately. 92. A man that hath BO virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others ;...and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other. — Bacon. 93. The object of war is durable peace; therefore soldiers are the best peace-makers. 94.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1879 - 356 pages
...are most subject to be envied themselves, and what is the difference between public and private Envy. A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth...attain to another's virtue will seek to come at even hand9 by depressing another's fortune. A man that is busy10 and inquisitive is commonly envious; for... | |
 | William Stanley Jevons - Logic - 1879 - 364 pages
...the command of the magistrate ; therefore they did what was lawful for a Christian. — Whately. 92. A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth...and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other. — Bacon. 93. The object of war is durable peace; therefore soldiers are the best peace-makers. 94.... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 272 pages
...most subject to 20 be envied themselves ; and what is the difference between public and private envy. A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth...virtue in others. For men's minds will either feed upon «5 their own good, or upon other's evil ; and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other ; and whoso... | |
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A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others; for men's minds will either feed upon their own good, or upon others' evil; and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other; and whoso is out of hope to attain to another's virtue, will... 
