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" Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy ; for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot find it : but if they think with themselves what other men think of them, and that other men would fain be... "
Three Books of Offices, Or Moral Duties: Also His Cato Major, an Essay on ... - Page 205
by Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1878 - 343 pages
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Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil

Francis Bacon - 1896 - 426 pages
...: Bnt if they thinke with themselves, what other men thinke of them, and that other men wonld faine be as they are, then they are happy, as it were by teport; When perhaps they finde the Contrary within. For they are the first, that finde their owne...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1897 - 448 pages
...: But if they thinke with themselves what other men thinke of them, and that other men would faine be as they are, then they are happy, as it were by report, When perhaps they finde the Contrary within. For they are the first that finde their owne Griefs, though they 25 be the...
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The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical ..., Volume 2

John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 540 pages
...cannot find it. But if they think with themselves what other men think of them, and that other men would be as they are, then they are happy as it were by...report, when, perhaps, they find the contrary within. Certainly, men in great fortunes are strangers to themselves ; and while they are in the puzzle of...
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The Essayes Or, Counsels Civill and Morall of Francis Bacon ...

Francis Bacon - 1900 - 376 pages
...judge by their own feeling, they cannot find it : but if they think with themselves what other men think of them, and that other men would fain be as...in great fortunes are strangers to themselves, and while they are in the puzzle of business they have no time to tend their health, either of body or...
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The Essayes Or Counsels Civill and Morall of Francis Lo: Verulam, Viscount ...

Francis Bacon - 1900 - 382 pages
...judge by their own feeling, they cannot find it : but if they think with themselves what other men think of them, and that other men would fain be as...in great fortunes are strangers to themselves, and while they are in the puzzle of business they have no time to tend their health, either of body or...
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The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 1

Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 478 pages
...they judge by their own feeling, they cannot find it, but if they think with themselves what other men think of them, and that other men would fain be as...in great fortunes are strangers to themselves, and while they are in the puzzle of business they have no time to tend their health, either of body or...
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The Essayes Or Counsels, Civill and Morall of Francis Bacon, Lo. Verulam ...

Francis Bacon - 1900 - 374 pages
...own feeling, they ' • i t'» ' cannot find it : but if they think with themselves what other men think of them, and that other men would fain be as...happy as it were by report, when perhaps they find the con-\ trary within. For they are the first that find their \ own griefs, though they be the last that...
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The Essays: Colours of Good and Evil, & Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon - 1900 - 462 pages
...judge by their own feeling, they cannot find it : but if they think with themselves what other men think of them, and that other men would fain be as they are, then they are happy_^sjt_ffiere_.by_report ; when perhaps they find the, contrary within. For they are the first...
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The Essays of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon - 1901 - 312 pages
...: But if they thinke with themselves, what other men thinke of them, and that other men would faine be as they are, then they are happy, as it were by report; When perhaps they finde the Contrary within. For they are the first, that finde their owne Griefs; though they be the...
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Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced Civilization ..., Volume 1

David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 474 pages
...they judge by their own feeling, they cannot find it, but if they think with themselves what other men think of them, and that other men would fain be as...in great fortunes are strangers to themselves, and while they are in the puzzle of business they have no time ta tend their health, either of body or...
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