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Page 79
... direction . Some build rather upon the abusing of others , and ( as we now say ) putting tricks upon them , than upon soundness of their own proceedings : but Solomon saith , " Prudens ad- " vertit ad gressus suos : stultus divertit ad ...
... direction . Some build rather upon the abusing of others , and ( as we now say ) putting tricks upon them , than upon soundness of their own proceedings : but Solomon saith , " Prudens ad- " vertit ad gressus suos : stultus divertit ad ...
Page 85
... direction than an inde- finite , as ashes are more generative than dust . XXVI . OF SEEMING WISE . It hath been an opinion , that the French are wiser than they seem , and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are ; but howsoever it be ...
... direction than an inde- finite , as ashes are more generative than dust . XXVI . OF SEEMING WISE . It hath been an opinion , that the French are wiser than they seem , and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are ; but howsoever it be ...
Page 161
... direction how far to go ; and generally , where a man will reserve to him- self liberty , either to disavow , or to expound . In choice of instruments , it is better to choose men of a plainer sort , that are like to do that , that is ...
... direction how far to go ; and generally , where a man will reserve to him- self liberty , either to disavow , or to expound . In choice of instruments , it is better to choose men of a plainer sort , that are like to do that , that is ...
Page 167
... directions too much at large , except they be bounded in by experience . Crafty men contemn studies , simple men admire them , and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wis- dom without them , and above ...
... directions too much at large , except they be bounded in by experience . Crafty men contemn studies , simple men admire them , and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wis- dom without them , and above ...
Page 206
... direction , " Be you " wise as serpents , and innocent as doves . " There are neither teeth nor stings , nor venom , nor wreaths and folds of serpents , which ought not to be all known and , as far as examination doth lead , tried ...
... direction , " Be you " wise as serpents , and innocent as doves . " There are neither teeth nor stings , nor venom , nor wreaths and folds of serpents , which ought not to be all known and , as far as examination doth lead , tried ...
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