 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1882 - 214 páginas
...use; and a power to feign, if there be no remedy. OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN. THE joys of parents arc secret, and so are their griefs and fears; they cannot...utter the one, nor they will not utter the other. Chile! 1 en sweeten labours, but they msike misfortunes more bitter; they increase the cares of life,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 páginas
...secrecy in habit ; dissimulation in seasonable uae ; and a power to feign if there be no remedy. N VII.— OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN. The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs aud fears ', they cannot utter the one, nor they will not utter the other. Children sweeten labours,... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1883 - 304 páginas
...incensed,* or crushed : for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN. The joys of parents are secret,...nor they will not utter the other. Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter : they increase the cares of life, but they mitigate... | |
 | English Association - 1914 - 186 páginas
...the classical Gibbon. This is not, however, the only measure. Here is a regular stanza from Bacon — The | joys of | parents are | secret, and | so are...will not | utter the | other. | Children | sweeten | labours, but they | make mis| fortune more | bitter; They in crease the | cares of | life, but they... | |
 | Lisa Jardine - 1974 - 300 páginas
...application of carefully graded degrees of dissimulation: 240 The best composition and temperature is to have openness in fame and opinion; secrecy in...use; and a power to feign, if there be no remedy. [VI, 389] Because of the preoccupation with distinctions within the topic, the discussion focuses squarely... | |
 | Howard B. White - 1978 - 176 páginas
...("Of Simulation and Dissimulation"): "The best composition and Temperament is, to have openness if fame and opinion; secrecy in habit; dissimulation...use, and a power to feign, if there be no remedy." In doing so, Henry's principal object was what we should today call balance of power. That Bacon is... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 páginas
...character. There is a moderately Machiavellian side to his thought: "The best composition and temperature is, to have openness in fame and opinion; secrecy...use; and a power to feign, if there be no remedy." He is reconciled to human nature: "Why should I be angry with a man for loving himself better than... | |
 | B. H. G. Wormald - 1993 - 436 páginas
...principal instruments of action, which is trust and belief.' 'The best composition and temperature is, to have openness in fame and opinion; secrecy...use; and a power to feign, if there be no remedy. ' Evidently Bacon's observations relate to conduct between men. But governments consist of men. There... | |
 | Leon Harold Craig - 1996 - 482 páginas
...down, that an habit of secrecy is both politic and moral. ... The best composition and temperature is to have openness in fame and opinion; secrecy in...use; and a power to feign, if there be no remedy. Sir Walter Raleigh (Ralegh), with reasons reflective more of political than philosophical considerations,... | |
 | Steven Shapin - 1994 - 534 páginas
...the main forms of falsehood had their proper use and setting: "The best composition and temperature is, to have openness in fame and opinion; secrecy...seasonable use; and a power to feign if there be no remedy."169 Bacon's predominantly pragmatic sensibility was, however, contested in the ethical literature,... | |
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The best composition and temperature is to have openness in fame and opinion ; secrecy in habit; dissimulation in seasonable use; and a power to feign, if there be no remedy. 
