 ... it ; for these winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly and not upon the feet. There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious.  Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political - Pàgina 4per Francis Bacon - 1812 - 295 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | George Reuben Potter - 1928 - 640 pàgines
...the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge — saith he, "If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much to say as that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men." For a lie faces God, and shrinks... | |
 | 1909 - 378 pàgines
...Epicureans. crooked courses are the goings of the serpent; which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet. There is no vice that doth so cover...should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge. Saith he, // it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards... | |
 | John Forrester - 1997 - 230 pàgines
...lying, already signaled by Montaigne's acute observation (in the splendid version of Francis Bacon): "If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men." If there is no God, the liar is... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1999 - 276 pàgines
...the reason, why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge? Saith he, 'If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as 1 although 2 perceptions 3 passions 4 trust in 5 thing created 6 time of rest, cessation of labour... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 2000 - 470 pàgines
...courses, are the Goings of the Serpent; which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the Feet. 70 There is no Vice, that doth so cover a Man with Shame,...as to be found false, and perfidious. And therefore Mountaigny saith prettily, when he enquired the reason, why the word of the Lie, should be such a Disgrace,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 2002 - 868 pàgines
...winding0 and crooked courses are the goings0 of the serpent; which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet. There is no vice that doth so cover...as to be found false and perfidious. And therefore Montaigne0 saith prettily, when he inquired the reason, why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace... | |
 | Guy Tallice - 2002 - 160 pàgines
...windings and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet. There is no vice that doth so cover...man with shame as to be found false and perfidious." Sir Francis Bacon, Of Truth. Fraud or misrepresentation as understood in their general definition as... | |
 | Cristina Kirklighter - 2002 - 176 pàgines
...fun at Montaigne's personal disclosures: "And therefore Mountaigny saith prettily, when he enquired the reason, why the word of the Lie, should be such a Disgrace, and such an Odious Charge"? (Kiernan 8). Although Bacon may have had knowledge and even adapted part of Montaigne's essay form,... | |
 | Jeffrey Miller - 2003 - 313 pàgines
...yet she is not invisible." Then again, "Great riches have sold more men than they have bought." And: "There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious." Some say that Sir Francis arranged for his rival Coke to be chief justice of King's Bench to clear... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 2007 - 157 pàgines
...winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent; which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet. There is no vice that doth so cover...prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the He should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge. Saith he, // it be well weighed, to say that... | |
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