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" For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self ; and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend. "
The works of Francis Bacon - Page 306
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819
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Recollections of a Chaperon, Volumes 1-3

Arabella Jane Sullivan, Barbarina Brand (baroness Dacre) - 1833 - 1028 pages
...as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer ; for there is no such flatterer us a man's self, and there is no such remedy against...flattery of a man's self, as the liberty of a friend. LORD BACON'S ESSAYS. LUCY stopped short. There was something in this simple answer of Milly's that...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...giveth' himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend, and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self; and there is no such...is the faithful admonition of a friend. The calling a man's self to a strict account, is a medicine sometimes too piercing and corrosive. Reading good...
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Bacon: His Writings and His Philosophy

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...there is be--"" tween the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer ; for there is no such flatterer as in a man's self, and there is no such remedy against...flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend. . . . ,* /f The Twenty-eighth Essay, entitled "Of Expense," hich is very short, is the first we have...
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Bacon; His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...is hetween the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer; for there is no euch flatterer as in a mau's self, and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's self as the liherty of a friend. . . . The Twenty-eighth Essay, entitled " Of Expense," which is very short, is...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer ; for there is no such flatterer as U s, and girls and boys, Give life to one another's...Percehre that they are merry. Rank misers now do sparing U the faithful admonition of a friend. The calling of a man's self to a strict account, is a medicine...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer ; for there is no such flatterer ш ' sometime« too piercing and corrosive ; reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead ;...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer; for there is no such flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no such...flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend. Cqunscl is of two sorts; the one concejroing manners, the other concerning business : for the first,...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 602 pages
...gireth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer ; for there is no such flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no such...: for the first, the best preservative to keep the miud in health is the faithful admonition of a friend. The calling of a man's self to a strict account,...
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Maxims for meditation, conceits for conversation, gems of genius, pearls of ...

Maxims - 1852 - 242 pages
...are always applauded ; the most virtuous, if unprosperous are sure to be despised. There is no such flatterer, as is a man's self; and there is no such...flattery of a man's self, as the liberty of a friend. The flatterer is not often detected ; for a honest mind is not apt to suspect, and no one exerts the...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral ; And, Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1852 - 394 pages
...forts ; the one concerning Manners, the other concerning Bufmefs. For the Firft ; the beft Prefervative to keep the Mind in Health, is the faithful Admonition of a Friend. The calling of a Man's Self to a ftrifl Account, is a Medicine, fometime, too piercing and corrofive. Reading good Books of Morality,...
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