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" For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self ; and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend. "
The works of Francis Bacon - Page 306
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819
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For Friendship's Sake

1900 - 114 pages
...the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. Fofj there is no such flatterer as is a man's self; 4nd there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's...of a man's self to a strict account is a medicine something too piercing and corrosive. Reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead. Observing...
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For Friendship's Sake: Essays on Friendship

1900 - 108 pages
...giveth himself as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self; and there is no such...Counsel is of two sorts: the one concerning manners, the 86 other concerning business. For the first, the best preservative to keep the mind in health is the...
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For Friendship's Sake ...: Emerson, Lubbock, Bacon, Etc

1900 - 118 pages
...giveth himself as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self; and there is no such...Counsel is of two sorts: the one concerning manners, the 86 other concerning business. For the first, the best preservative to keep the mind in health is the...
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A Selection from the Best English Essays Illustrative of the History of ...

Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 476 pages
...giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self; and there is no such...of a man's self to a strict account is a medicine sometime too piercing and corrosive. Reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead. Observing...
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Essay-writing for Schools a Practical Exposition of the Principles of this ...

Leslie Cope Cornford - 1903 - 384 pages
...a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a 1 Metaphor. * Simile. 3 Statue. man's self ; and there is no such remedy against flattery...of a man's self to a strict account is a medicine, sometime, too piercing and corrosive. Reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead. Observing...
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The Art of LIVING LONG

LUIGI CORNARO - 1915 - 268 pages
...giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer; for there is no such flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no such remedy against ^.J |, flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend. The best * I preservative to keep the mind...
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Useful Instruction (In Matters Religious, Moral and Other.)

Motilal M. Munshi - 1904 - 562 pages
...between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer : for there is no such flatterer as is a manself, and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend. —BACON. Diogenes said, that in order to become perfect, a man had need either of faithful friends...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral: And, The New Atlantis

Francis Bacon - 1905 - 200 pages
...giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend, and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self ; and there is no such...is the faithful admonition of a friend. The calling ol a man's self to a strict account is a medicine sometime too piercing and corrosive. Reading good...
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The Essays, Or Counsels, Civil and Moral of Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam ...

Francis Bacon - 1905 - 410 pages
...giveth himself, as there is between 15 the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self; and there is no such...Counsel is of two sorts: the one concerning manners, •".^e other concerning 20 business. For the first, the best preservative to keep the mind in health...
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Nelson's Literature Readers, Book 2

Richard Garnett - 1905 - 494 pages
...giveth himself as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self; and there is no such...flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend. sometime too piercing and corrosive ; reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead; observing...
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