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" ... and it is two for one. Some, when they take revenge, are desirous the party should know whence it cometh : this is the more generous. For the delight seemeth to be not so much in doing the hurt as in making the party repent : but base and crafty cowards... "
The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord ... - Page 255
by Francis Bacon - 1824
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...it is two for one. Some, when they take revenge, are desirous the party should know when it cometh: this is the more generous; for the delight seemeth...unpardonable. " You shall read," saith he, " that we are commanded to forgive our enemies, but you never read that we are commanded to forgive our friends."...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...is two for one. Some, when they take revenge, are desirous the party should know whence it cometh : this is the more generous; for the delight seemeth...much in doing the hurt, as in making the party repent ; bat base and crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth in the dark. Cosimis, Duke of Florence,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...it is two for one. Some when they take revenge are desirous the party should know when it cometh : this is the more generous; for the delight seemeth...unpardonable. " You shall read," saith he, " that we are " commanded to forgive our enemies, but you " never read that we are commanded to forgive " our friends."...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pages
...is two for one. Some, when they take revenge, are desirous the party should know whence it cometh : this is the more generous. For the delight seemeth...unpardonable : " You shall read," saith he, " that we are commanded to forgive our enemies; but you never read, that we are commanded to forgive our friends."...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...is two for one. Some, when they take revenge, are desirous the party should know whence it cometh : this is the more generous. For the delight seemeth...unpardonable : " You shall read," saith he, " that we are commanded to forgive our enemies ; but you never read, that we are commanded to forgive our friends."...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...it is two for one. Some, when they take revenge, are desirous the party should know when it cometh: this is the more generous; for the delight seemeth to be not so much in doing the hurt as in makmg the party repent: but base and crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth in the dark. Cosmus,...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

1821 - 416 pages
...it is two for one. Some, when they take revenge, are desirous the party should know when it cometh : this is the more generous ; for the delight seemeth...perfidious or neglecting friends, as if those wrongs were uupardonable. " You shall read," saith he, " that we are commanded to forgive our enemies, but you...
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The Elements of English Composition: Serving as a Sequel to the Study of Grammar

David Irving - 1821 - 336 pages
...it is two for one. Some when they take revenge, are desirous the party should know whence it cometh. This is the more generous : for the delight seemeth...saying against perfidious or neglecting friends, as if their wrongs were unpardonable : " You shall read (saith he) that we are commanded to forgive our enemies...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...is two for one. Some, when they take revenge, are desirous the party should know whence it cometh : this is the more generous; for the delight seemeth...unpardonable. " You shall " read," saith he, " that we are commanded to for" give our enemies, but you never read that we are " commanded to forgive our friends."...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...is two for one. Some, when they take revenge, are desirous the party should know whence it cometh : this is the more generous ; for the delight seemeth...unpardonable. " You shall " read," saith he, " that we are commanded to for" give our enemies, but you never read that we are " commanded to forgive our friends."...
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