 ... it ; for these winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent, which 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.  Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political - Pagina 4door Francis Bacon - 1812 - 295 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 pagina’s
...and the belief of Truth, which is the enjoying of it — is the sovereign good of human nature.' ' There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame, as to be found false and perfidious.' This holds good when falsehood is practised solely for a man's private advantage : but, in a zealous... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 350 pagina’s
...other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. 20. There is no vice that doth so much cover a man with shame, as to be found false and perfidious. All that a man gets by lying is, that he is not believed when he speaks the truth. 21. The man of true... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pagina’s
...no vice that 1 Lucretius. See the beginning of the second book. 2 verilatem out poilus veracitateni. doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false...should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge ? Saith he, If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 792 pagina’s
...no vice that i Lucretius. See the beginning of the second book. 3 veritulem aut potiue veracitatem. doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false...should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge ? Saith he, If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave... | |
 | 1858 - 812 pagina’s
...Vols. I. and II. London : Chapman & Hall. 1858. IN his Essay on Truth, Lord Bacon has remarked : " There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame...found false and perfidious ; and, therefore, Montaigne faith prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word lie should be such a disgrace, and such an... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1858 - 620 pagina’s
...winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet. There is no vice that doth so cover...man with shame as to be found false and perfidious ; aud therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should... | |
 | Ernest Adams - 1858 - 200 pagina’s
...generally recognised in the seventeenth century ; but the writers of that age frequently disregard them : There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious. — Bacon. When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise. — Shakspere.... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1859 - 176 pagina’s
...winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent; which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet. There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to bo found false and perfidious : and therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason... | |
 | 1859 - 802 pagina’s
...serpent, which goes basely upon the belly and not bravely upon the feet. There is no vice that so covers a man with shame, as to be found false and perfidious ; and therefore Moniague says finely, when giving the reason why Hie lie should be such a disgrace and the charge of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pagina’s
...winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent ; which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet. There is no vice that doth so cover...should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge ? Saith he, If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave... | |
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