 | John Francis Davis - 1822 - 268 pages
...Apophthegms only serve for ornament and delight, but also for action and civil use : as being the edge tools of speech, which cut and penetrate the knots of business and affairs."— Lord Itacvn. " A collection of good sentences resembles a string of pearls." — Chinese Saying. Q... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1853 - 156 pages
...that proverbs, in Lord Bacon's words, " serve not only for ornament and delight, but also for active and civil use ; as being the edgetools of speech which...and penetrate the knots of business and affairs." * Chi non pud fare ana vendetta 6 debila, chi non vuole S vile. The proverb has in fact the same advantage... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1853 - 180 pages
...doing that they, in Lord Bacon's words, " serve not only for ornament and delight, but also for active and civil use ; as being the edge-tools of speech,...and penetrate the knots of business and affairs." The proverb has, in fact, the same advantage over the word now pro* Quintilian's words (Inst. 5, 11,... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1853 - 156 pages
...that proverbs, in Lord Bacon's words, " serve not only for ornament and delight, but also for active and civil use ; as being the edgetools of speech which cut and penetrate the knota of business and affairs." The proverb has in fact the same advantage over the word now produced... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin.) - 1853 - 164 pages
...serve not only for ornament and delight, but also for active and civil use ; as being the edge tools of speech which cut and penetrate the knots of business and affairs." The proverb has in fact the same advantage over the word now produced for the first time, which for... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 1050 pages
...string of pearls.—Chinese saying. 5. Nor do Apophthegms only serve for ornament and delight, but also for action and civil use: as being the edge-tools...which cut and penetrate the knots of business and affairs.—Bacon. 6. I call a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly,... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1855 - 588 pages
...string of pearls.—Chinese saying. 5. Nor do Apophthegms only serve for ornament and delight, but also for action and civil use: as being the edge-tools...which cut and penetrate the knots of business and affairs.—Bacon. 6. I call a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly,... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1855 - 176 pages
...serve not only for ornament and delight, but also for active and civil use ; as being the edge-took of speech, which cut and penetrate the knots of business and affairs."' The proverb has, in fact, the same advantage over the word now pro* QniDtflian's words (InsL 5, 11,... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1857 - 176 pages
...serve not only for ornament and delight, but also for active and civil use ; as being the edge tools of speech which cut and penetrate the knots of business and affairs." The proverb has in fact the same advantage over the word now produced for the first time, which for... | |
 | Ibn Gabirol - 1859 - 222 pages
..."Nor do apophthegms," says Lord Bacon, "only serve for ornaments, but for action and civil use; in being the edge-tools of speech, which cut and penetrate the knots of business and affairs. "|| In our investigation of literature they are, as it were, a rich mine and a fruitful garden, to... | |
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serve not only for ornament and delight, but also for active and civil use ; as being the edge tools of speech which cut and penetrate the knots of business and affairs. 
