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The essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good ... - Page 46
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680
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East Timor: A Memoir of the Negotiations for Independence

Jamsheed Marker - Social Science - 2010 - 232 pages
...Secretary-General ... in friendship and admiration. "If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows that he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins them." — Francis Bacon, Essays Contents...
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Follow the Arrow

Patrick Flaherty - Reference - 2003 - 104 pages
...Tennyson was an English writer and poet. If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them. — Francis Bacon 1561-1626 Francis...
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The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Inspirational Quotes

Reference - 2004 - 516 pages
...ration justice. — Learned Hand Kindness If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them. — Francis Bacon That best portion...
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A Fork in the Road: Answers to Daily Dilemmas from the Teachings of Jesus Christ

John Walker - Christian life - 2005 - 225 pages
...God, who sent me. -The Message Thoughts: If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them. -Sir Francis Bacon (English Philosopher)...
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Perfecting Friendship: Politics and Affiliation in Early American Literature

Ivy Schweitzer - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 288 pages
...and Goodness of Nature," which asserts: "If a Man be Gracious, and Courteous to Strangers, it shewes, he is a Citizen of the World: And that his Heart is no Island, cut off from other Lands; but a Continent, thatjoynes to them" (40). For Bacon, true courtesy...
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Defoe and the New Sciences

Ilse Vickers - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 224 pages
...recall the words of Sir Francis Bacon: "he is a citizen of the world, and ... his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them".' JR Moore's biography of Daniel Defoe concluded with this sentence; I shall make it my starting-point....
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Live Generously: 50 Small Acts That Make a Big Difference

Live Generously Project - Family & Relationships - 2008 - 130 pages
...you might learn. And have fun! TAKE ACTION "lf a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them." —Francis Bacon, "Of Goodness...
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