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... wise man's eyes keep watch in his head , whereas the fool roundeth about in darkness : but withal I learned , that the same mortality involveth them both . " And for the second , certain it is , there is no vexation or anxiety of mind ...
... wise man's eyes keep watch in his head , whereas the fool roundeth about in darkness : but withal I learned , that the same mortality involveth them both . " And for the second , certain it is , there is no vexation or anxiety of mind ...
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... isa speech for a lover , and not for a wise man : " Satis magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus . " ( One and one other are sufficient for the D largest stage ) . Nevertheless I shall yield , that ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING . 33.
... isa speech for a lover , and not for a wise man : " Satis magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus . " ( One and one other are sufficient for the D largest stage ) . Nevertheless I shall yield , that ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING . 33.
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... wise there is great use : for surely , to the severe inquisition of truth , and the deep progress into philosophy , it is some hinderance ; because it is too early satisfactory to the mind of man , and quench- eth the desire of farther ...
... wise there is great use : for surely , to the severe inquisition of truth , and the deep progress into philosophy , it is some hinderance ; because it is too early satisfactory to the mind of man , and quench- eth the desire of farther ...
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... wise , we see commonly the levity and incon- stancy of men's judgments , which , till a matter be done , wonder that it can be done ; and , as soon as it is done , wonder again that it was no sooner done : as we see in the expedition of ...
... wise , we see commonly the levity and incon- stancy of men's judgments , which , till a matter be done , wonder that it can be done ; and , as soon as it is done , wonder again that it was no sooner done : as we see in the expedition of ...
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... wise and pithy words of others , than to have every word of his own to be made an apophthegm or an oracle ; as vain princes , by custom of flattery , pretend to do . And yet if I should enumerate divers of his speeches , as I did those ...
... wise and pithy words of others , than to have every word of his own to be made an apophthegm or an oracle ; as vain princes , by custom of flattery , pretend to do . And yet if I should enumerate divers of his speeches , as I did those ...
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Page 313 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Page 158 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Page 13 - Jupiter's chair. ^<fo conclude therefore : let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy ; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress, or proficience in both...
Page 57 - So it is in contemplation; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
Page 309 - He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Page 364 - Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me : and again a little while and ye shall see me ; and, Because I go to the Father ? They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while ? we cannot tell what he saith.
Page 267 - But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on...
Page 226 - For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things should reflect according to their true incidence; nay, it is rather like an enchanted glass, full of superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced.
Page 52 - ... for, as water will not ascend higher than the level of the first spring-head from whence it descendeth, so knowledge derived from Aristotle, and exempted from liberty of examination, will not rise again higher than the knowledge of Aristotle.
Page 142 - Because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice. therefore poesy feigns them more just in retribution, and more according to revealed providence.