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" Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof, a depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made room for him. It... "
Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Page 54
by George Lillie Craik - 1846
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Twenty of Bacon's essays, ed. by F. Storr

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...good of their affairs. Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof, 22 a depraved thing—it is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave...made room for him. It is the wisdom of crocodiles, 23 that shed tears when they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is, that those which...
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Text-book of Prose: From Burke, Webster, and Bacon : with Notes, and ...

Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 pages
...please them, and profit themselves ; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is, that those which (as Cicero says of Pompey) are sui amantes, sine 6 Bacon adhered to the...
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Bacon's essays, with intr., notes and index by E.A. Abbott, Volume 1

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...them, and profit themselves ; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. 4o Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...digged and made room for him. It is the wisdom of 45 crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is,...
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The works of lord Bacon, moral and historical, with a brief memoir of the ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...please them, and profit themselves : and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. Wisdom for a man's self is in many branches thereof...they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is, that those which, as Cicero says of Pompey, are " sui amantes sine rivale," are many times...
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The essays, i-(lviii) or, Counsels civil and moral of Francis lord ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1878 - 246 pages
...please them, and profit themselves; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is, that those which (as Cicero says of Pompey) are, ' sui amantes, sine rivali,' 13 are many...
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The navy of to-day, its moral and intellectual condition

Navy - 1878 - 154 pages
...the paltry satisfaction of being cleverer than your neighbours, or gaining the victory in argument. "Wisdom for a man's self is in many branches thereof a depraved thing," says Lord Bacon. " It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it...
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The Essays (I-LVIII) Or, Counsels Civil and Moral of Francis, Lord Verulam ...

Francis Bacon - 1879 - 356 pages
...please them, and profit themselves; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is, that those which (as Cicero says of Pompey) are, ' sui amantes, sine rivali,' 13 are many...
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Bacon's essays, with intr., notes and index by E.A. Abbott. Text only, with ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 272 pages
...them, and profit themselves ; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. 40 Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...digged and made room for him. It is the wisdom of 45 crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is,...
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A manual of English composition

Theophilus Dwight Hall - 1880 - 228 pages
...king and country. It is a poor centre of a man's actions, himself. . . . Wisdom for a man's self J is, in many branches thereof, a depraved thing.§...wisdom of rats,|| that will be sure to leave a house some time before it fall ; it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger vtho digged and...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

1881 - 578 pages
...please them, and profit themselves: and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. mo & co. noted is, that those which, as Cicero says of Pompey, are "sni amantes sine rivale," are many times...
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