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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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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - Authors, English - 1876 - 870 pages
...giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer ; for there is no such that would follow me, Love Virtue; she alone is free:...ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime ; Or Studies. Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in...
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The Hearth-stone: Thoughts Upon Home-life in Our Cities

Samuel Osgood - Christian life - 1876 - 356 pages
...others know themselves by telling them the truth. Says Lord Bacon, " there is no such flatterer as a man's self, and there is no such remedy against...flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend." It is easy enough to get more or less than the truth regarding our failings, and friends often fret...
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Text-book of Prose: From Burke, Webster, and Bacon : with Notes, and ...

Henry Norman Hudson - Readers - 1876 - 660 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 remedy against flattery of a man's self as the Mberty of a friend. Counsel is of two sorts ; the one concerning manners-, the other concerning business:...
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The works of lord Bacon, moral and historical, with a brief memoir of the ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 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 books...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Literary and religious works

Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1877 - 1014 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...preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admo nition of a friend. The calling of a man's self to a strict account is a medicine, sometime, too...
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Bacon's essays, with intr., notes and index by E.A. Abbott. Text only, with ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 272 pages
...between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's 180 self, and there is no such remedy against flattery...the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a 185 friend. The calling of a man's self to a strict account is a medicine sometimes too piercing and...
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Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes. Authors, 544 ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1880 - 772 pages
...giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of » flatterer ; for there is no such ~N@ L k½!į ZL . 0 8 P ^ w Zp "ߡB xڳ 3 S gk+7 mܴq iv 1 =I9' S Q " ^ _@ 0 ] j LORD HACON : Essay XXVIII., Of Friendship. . A man hath a body, and that body is confined to a place;...
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Masterpieces of English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and ...

William Swinton - American literature - 1880 - 694 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 remedy against flattery of a ifc, man's self as the liberty of a friend. Counsel is of two sorts : the one concerning manners, the...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 1-2

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 842 pages
...gives 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 remedy against flat.terv of a man's self as the liberty of a friend. Studiet. Studios serve for delight, for ornament,...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

English essays - 1881 - 578 pages
...giveth himself, as there is between tho counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such ! ! " most munificent firm in the world...wandered about, thinking I was happy, and knowing that a man's self to a strict account is a medicine sometimes too piercing and corrosive. Reading good books...
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