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" ... 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. "
The Works of Francis Bacon - Page 375
by Francis Bacon - 1858
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Francis Bacon - Literary Collections - 1999 - 276 pages
...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...it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as 1 although 2 perceptions 3 passions 4 trust in 5 thing created 6 time of rest, cessation of labour...
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The Essayes Or Counsels, Civill and Morall

Francis Bacon - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 470 pages
...of the Serpent; which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the Feet. 70 There is no Vice, that doth so cover a Man with Shame, as to be found false, and perfidious. And therefore Mountaigny saith prettily, when he enquired the reason, why the word of the Lie, should be such a Disgrace,...
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Truth, Trust and Medicine

Jennifer C. Jackson - Confidence - 2001 - 196 pages
...information should be given to an appropriate person . . . .' 3 Why truthfulness matters 1 Not Francis Bacon: 'If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much as to say, that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men. For a lie faces God and shrinks...
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Traversing the Democratic Borders of the Essay

Cristina Kirklighter - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 176 pages
...fun at Montaigne's personal disclosures: "And therefore Mountaigny saith prettily, when he enquired the reason, why the word of the Lie, should be such a Disgrace, and such an Odious Charge"? (Kiernan 8). Although Bacon may have had knowledge and even adapted part of Montaigne's essay form,...
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The Major Works

Francis Bacon - English essays - 2002 - 868 pages
...goings0 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. And therefore Montaigne0 saith prettily, when he inquired the reason, why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace...
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Our Swindling Finance Houses: Their Exploitation of the Vulnerable

Guy Tallice - Business & Economics - 2002 - 160 pages
...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." Sir Francis Bacon, Of Truth. Fraud or misrepresentation as understood in their general definition as...
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Where There's Life, There's Lawsuits: Not Altogether Serious Ruminations on ...

Jeffrey Miller - Law - 2003 - 313 pages
...invisible." Then again, "Great riches have sold more men than they have bought." And: "There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious." Some say that Sir Francis arranged for his rival Coke to be chief justice of King's Bench to clear...
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Essays

Francis Bacon - Literary Collections - 2007 - 157 pages
...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...prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the He should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge. Saith he, // it be well weighed, to say that...
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Murder on the Rebound

Jeffrey Miller - Fiction - 2007 - 291 pages
...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. Francis Bacon, Essays, "Of Truth" My morning patrol of the faculty wing ends at the closed door of...
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