Essays Moral, Economical and PoliticalMalepeyre, 1822 - 277 pages |
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Page 19
... virtue of prosperity is temperance , the virtue of adver- sity is fortitude , which in morals is the more heroical virtue . Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament , adversity is the blessing of the New , which carrieth the ...
... virtue of prosperity is temperance , the virtue of adver- sity is fortitude , which in morals is the more heroical virtue . Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament , adversity is the blessing of the New , which carrieth the ...
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... virtue is like precious odours , most fra- grant where they are incensed , or crushed : for prosperity doth best discover vice , but adver- sity doth best discover virtue . VI . OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION . DISSIMULATION is but a ...
... virtue is like precious odours , most fra- grant where they are incensed , or crushed : for prosperity doth best discover vice , but adver- sity doth best discover virtue . VI . OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION . DISSIMULATION is but a ...
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... virtue of a confessor ; and assuredly the secret man heareth many confessions , for who will open himself to a blab or a babbler ? But if a man be thought secret , it inviteth discovery , as the more close air sucketh in the more open ...
... virtue of a confessor ; and assuredly the secret man heareth many confessions , for who will open himself to a blab or a babbler ? But if a man be thought secret , it inviteth discovery , as the more close air sucketh in the more open ...
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... virtue in himself , ever 1 > envieth virtue in others ; for man's minds will 32 BACON'S ESSAYS .
... virtue in himself , ever 1 > envieth virtue in others ; for man's minds will 32 BACON'S ESSAYS .
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Francis Bacon. > envieth virtue in others ; for man'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 another's virtue , will seek ...
Francis Bacon. > envieth virtue in others ; for man'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 another's virtue , will seek ...
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