 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - عدد الصفحات: 300
...A load of lead inserted in the bowl, to cause an oblique motion, or bias. ' ' \ OF INNOVATIONS. 135 Wisdom for \ a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...they would devour. But that which is specially to V t noted is, that those which, as Cicero says of Pompey, are "sui amantes sine rivali,"1 are manytimes... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - عدد الصفحات: 510
...please them and profit themselves ; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...fox, that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made 40 room for him. It is the wisdom of crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour. But that which... | |
 | Edward John Trelawny - 1890 - عدد الصفحات: 552
...actions were guided by self-interest, reminds us of Bacon's words — " Wisdom for a man's self is a depraved thing ; it is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house before it falls : it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger : and whereas they have... | |
 | Edward John Trelawny - 1890 - عدد الصفحات: 560
...actions were guided by self-interest, reminds usof Bacon's words — " Wisdom for a man's self is.a depraved thing ; it is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house before it falls : it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger : and whereas they have... | |
 | William Francis C. Wigston - 1891 - عدد الصفحات: 502
...tfic bowl should run, And not unluckily against the bias.* ("Taming of the Shrew," act iv. sc. 5.) " Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof, a depraved thing. It is the Wisdmn nf Riifx, /luit will be sure to leave a house before it fall " (" Of Wisdom for a Man's Self").... | |
 | Edwin Reed - 1891 - عدد الصفحات: 120
...instance, as in many others, it requires Bacon's prose to explain Shakespeare's poetry. 39 FROM BACON. " It is the wisdom of crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.'' — Essay of Wisdom. "There was an Egyptian soothsayer that made Antonius believe that his genius,... | |
 | 1892 - عدد الصفحات: 496
...run to and fro in trodden paths with the shell upon their heads: Bunyan PP 118. It is the Wisedome of the Fox, that thrusts out the Badger, who digged and made Roome for him. Bacon, Ess. 187. an ugly Spider, who hangs by her Hands upon the Wall. Bunyan PP 185.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1893 - عدد الصفحات: 342
...please them, and profit themselves, and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it falls : it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger who digged and made room for him :... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - عدد الصفحات: 604
...of it. — Seneca. Man's chief wisdom consists in being sensible of his follies. — Rochefoucauld. Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour. Bacon. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. — Bible. Look about, my son,... | |
 | Efraim Liljeqvist - 1898 - عدد الصفحات: 394
...on 'Revenge', on 'Simulation and Dissimulation', on 'Wisdom for a Man's self, — 'in many branches a depraved thing, it is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house bcfore its fall'. It is the mere malice of detraction to say that the worldly view is the man; the... | |
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Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof, a depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall. 
