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... actions of murdering princes , butchery of people , and subversion of states and governments ? Surely this is to bring down the Holy Ghost , in- stead of the likeness of a dove , in the shape of a vulture or raven ; and to set out of ...
... actions of murdering princes , butchery of people , and subversion of states and governments ? Surely this is to bring down the Holy Ghost , in- stead of the likeness of a dove , in the shape of a vulture or raven ; and to set out of ...
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... actions , if they be not altogether open . As for talkers , and futile persons , they are commonly vain and credulous withal : for he that talketh what he knoweth , will also talk what he knoweth not ; therefore set it down , that a ...
... actions , if they be not altogether open . As for talkers , and futile persons , they are commonly vain and credulous withal : for he that talketh what he knoweth , will also talk what he knoweth not ; therefore set it down , that a ...
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... makes a man walk almost alone to his own ends ; the third , and greatest , is , that it depriveth a man of one of the most prin- cipal instruments for action , which is trust and be- 20 - OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION .
... makes a man walk almost alone to his own ends ; the third , and greatest , is , that it depriveth a man of one of the most prin- cipal instruments for action , which is trust and be- 20 - OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION .
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Francis Bacon Basil Montagu. cipal instruments for action , which is trust and be- lief . The best composition and temperature is , to have openness in fame and opinion ; secrecy in habit ; dissimulation in seasonable use ; and a power ...
Francis Bacon Basil Montagu. cipal instruments for action , which is trust and be- lief . The best composition and temperature is , to have openness in fame and opinion ; secrecy in habit ; dissimulation in seasonable use ; and a power ...
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... actions thereof , and turneth them into an ill odour ; and therefore there is little won by intermingling of plausible actions : for that doth argue but a weakness and fear of envy , which hurteth so much the more , as it is likewise ...
... actions thereof , and turneth them into an ill odour ; and therefore there is little won by intermingling of plausible actions : for that doth argue but a weakness and fear of envy , which hurteth so much the more , as it is likewise ...
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