 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...friend. Heraclitus saith well in one of his enigmas, Dry light is ever the best. And certain it is, that the light that a man receiveth by counsel from another, is drier and purer than that which coineth from his own understanding and judgment ; which is ever infused and drenched in his affections... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1858 - 620 pages
...sometimes be ill done, or neglected, and sometimes will be what had better be left undone.' ' Tfiere is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such... | |
 | Simon Patrick - 1858 - 784 pages
...Certain it is, saith he, that the light which a man receives by counsel from another faithful person is drier and purer than that which cometh from his own understanding and judgment. For as that which he receives is separate from all interest, so that which he gives himself is commonly... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pages
...friend. Heraclitus saith well in one of his enigmas, Dry light is ever the best. And certain it is, that the light that a man receiveth by counsel from another,...judgment ; which is ever infused and drenched in his aifections and customs. So as there is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1861 - 630 pages
...Heraclitus saith well, in one of his enigmas, ' Dry light is ever the best ;" and certain it is, that the light that a man receiveth by counsel from another...judgment, which is ever infused and drenched in his atfectious and customs. So as there is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth,... | |
 | 1872
...business. Heraclitus saith well in one of his enigmas, " Dry light is ever the best." And certain it is, the light that a man receiveth by counsel from another...from his own understanding and judgment, which is warped by his affections and habits. So that there is as much difference between the counsel that a... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 pages
...Heraclitus saith well, in one of his enigmas, ' Dry light is ever the best ;'2 and certain it is, that the light that a man receiveth by counsel from another is drier and purer than that which ,/ometh from his own understanding and judgment, which is ever infused and drenched in his affections... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...Heraclitus saith well in [27] one of his enigmas, " Dry light is ever the best ;" and certain it is, that the light that a man receiveth by counsel from another,...affections and customs. So as there is as much difference [28] between the counsel that a friend giveth and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the... | |
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 pages
...the best." And certain it is, that the light that a man receiveth by counsel from another is <irier and purer than that which cometh from his own understanding...which is ever infused and drenched in his affections 11i7) 5 and customs : so as there is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth and... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pages
...sight. STILLINOFLEET. HEBACLITUS saith well, "Dry light is ever the best;" and certain it is, that the light that a man receiveth by counsel from another,...drier and purer than that which cometh from his own * They who are apt to remind us of their ancestors, only put us upon making comparisons to their own... | |
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Dry light is ever the best," and certain it is, that the light that a man receiveth by counsel from another, is drier and purer than that which cometh from his own understanding and judgment : which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs. 
