 | Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 436 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. WISDOM. ISAAC BARROW. Wisdom is exceedingly pleasant and peaceable; in general, by disposing us to... | |
 | William Francis C. Wigston - Rosicrucians - 1891 - 502 pages
...Timon is epicurean, Apemantus stoical and cynical at the same time. " For 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 "("Friendship"). Apemantus is such a friend to Timon of Athens, but without effect. The learned pede... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1892 - 572 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...of a man's self to a strict account is a medicine sometime too piercing and corrosive, reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead, observing... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - Quotations, English - 1894 - 604 pages
...as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer ; for 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. — Bacon. It has been well observed that few are better qualified to give others advice than those... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1895 - 344 pages
...joyeth the more ; and no man that imparteth his griefs to his friend, but he grieveth the less. 3. There is no such remedy against flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend. 4. We want one or two companions of intelligence, probity, and grace, to wear out life with ; persons... | |
 | John Leverett Moore - 1898 - 88 pages
...himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For 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. The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend. Bacon 45.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1900 - 290 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...of a man's self to a strict account is a medicine sometime too piercing and corrosiveReading good books of morality is a little flat and dead. Observing... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1900 - 376 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...of a man's self to a strict account is a medicine, sometime, too piercing and corrosive. Reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead. Observing... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1900 - 374 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...of a man's self to a strict account is a medicine, sometime, too piercing and corrosive. Reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead. Observing... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1900 - 382 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...of a man's self to a strict account is a medicine, sometime, too piercing and corrosive. Reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead. Observing... | |
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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. 
