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 cometh from his own understanding and judgment, which is ever... Types of the Essay - Página 254editado por - 1921 - 373 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1861 - 630 páginas
...Shakespere. vulgar1 observation — which is faithful counsel from a friend. Heraclitus saith well, in one of his enigmas, ' Dry light is ever the best ;"...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
...COUNSEL is of two sorts, the one concerning manners, and the other 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 is drier and purer than that which cometh from... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 páginas
...counsel from a friend. 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...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 páginas
...tyrant brother." — Shak. [26.] Vulgar: Synonymes? counsel from a friend. Heraclitus saith well in [27] one of his enigmas, " Dry light is ever the best ;"...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... | |
| John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 páginas
...afford some light, Or give a hint that had escaped your sight. STILLINOFLEET. HEBACLITUS saith well, "Dry light is ever the best;" and certain it is, that...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... | |
| Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 páginas
...; which is, faithful counsel from a friend. Heraclitus saith well, in one of his enigmas : " 22Dry light is ever 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 and judgment, which is ever infused... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 páginas
...Shakespers. vulgar1 observation — which is faithful counsel from a friend. Heraclitus saith well, in one of his enigmas, ' Dry light is ever the best;"...than that which cometh from his own understanding and jndgment, which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs. So as there is as much... | |
| Josiah Miller - 1870 - 272 páginas
...fundamentally differ. To this Idol Bacon refers in Essay xxvi. p. 112: ' Heraclitus saith well, in one of his enigmas, Dry light is ever the best. And...infused and drenched in his affections and customs.' And in his ' Advancement of learning,' book i. chap. i. § 3: ' When men fall to framing conclusions... | |
| Thomas Ballantyne - 1870 - 254 páginas
...myself. Other men are lenses through which we read our own minds. EMERSON. HEBACLITUS saith well, in one of his enigmas, " Dry light is ever the best ;"...infused and drenched in his affections and customs. There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself,... | |
| 1870 - 444 páginas
...marvellous insight into human nature. In the Essay on Friendship he says :' " Heraclitus saith well in one of his enigmas, ' Dry light is ever the best,' and certain it is that the light that a man reeeive.th by counsel from another is drier and purer than that which cometh from his own understanding... | |
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