 ... of gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth 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...  Bacon's Essays and Wisdom of the Ancients - Page 61by Francis Bacon - 1884 - 425 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Leete Stone - 1832 - 602 pages
...is essential, to the same ends, and in the same degree." '• There is no vice," says lord Bacon, " that doth so cover " a man with shame, as to be found false and perfidious." The case of other members of the masonic fraternity, however, who have disclosed the secrets of the... | |
 | Amelia Opie - Truthfulness and falsehood - 1832 - 232 pages
...falsehood is like alloy in coin of gc 1. 1 and silver which may make the metal work the better, Imt it embaseth it. For these winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpant, which goeth base!y upon tho belly, and not upon the feet. TUere is no vice that does BO overwhehu... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 228 pages
...and round dealing is the honour of man's nature, and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal work...crooked courses are the goings of the serpent, which goetii basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet. (There is no vice that doth so cover a man with... | |
 | Golden rules - 1835 - 44 pages
...greater treachery than 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 - 352 pages
...the mind of man ; and so 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 - 1838 - 898 pages
...death. 3. Round dealing is the honour of man's nature; and a mixture of falsehood is like alloy in gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. 4. Death openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguisheth envy. 5. Schism in the spiritual body of... | |
 | Edward Swaine - Church and state - 1839 - 166 pages
...dealing is the honour of man's nature, and that mixture of falsehood, is like alloy in coin of gold or silver, which may make the metal work the better,...goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet."* It is good to be liberal ; needful to be just. If morality is more than a matter of convention, if... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...and round dealing is the honour of man's nature, and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal work...found false and perfidious ; and therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should he such a disgrace, and... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Indians - 1844 - 680 pages
...clear and round dealing is the honor of man's nature : and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in gold and silver, which may make the metal work the...goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet." " He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who for the time hardly... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 336 pages
...clear and round dealing is the honor of man's nature : and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in gold and silver, which may make the metal work the...goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet." " He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who for the time hardly... | |
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