 Certainly the ablest men that ever were, have had all an openness and frankness of dealing, and a name of certainty and veracity: but then they were like horses well managed, for they could tell passing well when to stop or turn; and at such times when...  The Quarterly Review - Page 3011856Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...like the going softly by one that cannot well see. Certainly the ablest men tfcil 2fi4 205 tmwerc, have had all an openness and frankness of dealing, and a name of certainty and veracity ; t«t then they were like horses well managed j for >hfT could tell passing well when to stop or turn... | |
 | François duc de La Rochefoucauld - Maxims - 1851 - 262 pages
...only originate in the want of ability. 127. " Certainly the cleverest men that ever were have all had an openness and frankness of dealing, and a name of certainty and veracity, but then they were like horses well managed, for they could tell passing well when to stop or turn,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...wariest way in general ; like the going softly by one that cannot well see. Certainly the ablest men that ever were have had all an openness and frankness of dealing, and a name of certainty and veracity ; but then they were like horses well managed ; for they could tell passing well when to stop or turn... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Ethics - 1854 - 894 pages
...in general ; like the going softly by one that cannot well see. Certainly the ablest men that e»er or parties that sue. " There be," saith the Scripture, " that turn judgment into wormwood ;" ; but then they were like horses well managed; for they could tell passing well when to stop or turn... | |
 | English literature - 1856 - 594 pages
...observation of Montaigne that the liar is daring towards God and a coward towards man ; he remarks that 1 the ablest persons that ever were, have had all an...nature, and approves or tolerates practices which oujrht to be condemned. In his 'Advancement of Learning' he recommends if men have a foible that they... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...wariest way in general, like the going softly by one that cannot well see. Certainly the ablest men that ever were, have had all an openness and frankness...of dealing, and a name of certainty and veracity; but then they were like horses well managed, for they could tell passing well when to stop or turn,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1856 - 406 pages
...wariest way in general, like the going softly by one that cannot well see. Certainly, the ablest men that ever were, have had all an openness and frankness...of dealing, and a name of certainty and veracity: but then they were like horses well managed, for they could tell passing well when to stop or turn... | |
 | Education - 1900 - 352 pages
...noble soul. "Round dealing," says Bacon, "is the honor of man's nature. The ablest men that ever were had all an openness and frankness of dealing, and a name of certainty and veracity." The ingenuous teacher readily gains the confidence of his pupils, and they unconsciously grow into... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1857 - 578 pages
...wariest way in general, like the going softly by one that cannot well see. Certainly the ablest men that ever were, have had all an openness and frankness of dealing, and a name of certainty and veracity ; but then they were like horses well managed, for they could tell passing well when to stop or turn,... | |
 | Psychiatry - 1857 - 652 pages
...sort of politicians that are the greatest dissembler!, Certainly, the ablest men that ever were, have all an openness and frankness of dealing, and a name of certainty and veracity There be three disadvantages of simulation ; the first, that simulation and dissimulation commonly... | |
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