 ... 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 375by Francis Bacon - 1858Full view - About this book
 | Golden rules - 1835
...first to raise a confidence and then deceive it. — Spectator. Perfidy. — There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious. — Lord Bacon. Contentment. — A contented mind and a good conscience will make a man happy in all... | |
 | 1837
...rests upon it, and buries it in inactivity. — Charron. 938. Falsehood. — There is no vice, that doth so cover a man with shame, as to be found false and perfidious. — Bacon. 939. A gentleman of fortune will be often complaining of taxes, that his estate is inconsiderable,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1838 - 832 pages
...vice that doth so cover a man with shame, as to be found false and perfidious. And therefore Montagne see again, the favour and election of God went to...flood, the holy records within those few memorials, as to say, that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1838
...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. And therefore Montague saith prettily, when he inquired the reason, why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840
...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...inquired the reason why the word of the lie should he such a disgrace, and such an odious charge, saith he, " If it be well weighed, to say that a man... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 372 pages
...shame, as to be found false 4* and perfidious. And therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he enquireth the reason, why the word of the lie should be such...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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846
...vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious. And therefore Mountaigny saith prettily, when he inquired the reason, Why the...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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846
...vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious. And therefore Mountaigny saith prettily, when he inquired the reason, Why the word of the lie should be such ad isgrace, and such an odious charge ? Saith he, 'If it he well weighed, To say that a man lieth,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846
...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. And therefore Mountaigny saith prettily, when he inquired the reason, Why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846
...that doth K> cover a man with shame as to he found false and perfidious. A.-ld therefore Mouutaigny saith prettily, when he inquired the reason^ Why the word of the lie should he such a disgrace, od nch an odious charge ? Saith he, ' If it he well weighed, To say that a man... | |
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