 FOR A MAN'S SELF AN ant is a wise creature for itself, but it is a shrewd thing in an orchard or garden. And certainly men that are great lovers of themselves waste the public. Divide with reason between self-love and society; and be so true to thyself,...  Imaginary Conversations - Page 385by Walter Savage Landor - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...thing in an orchard or garden; and certainly men that are great lovers of themselves waste the public. Divide with reason between self-love and society;...It is right earth; for that only stands fast upon its own centre; whereas all things that have affinity with the heavens, move upon the centre of another,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...men that are great lovers of themselves, waste the pubUc. Divide with reason between self-love i 3 and society; and be so true to thyself, as thou be...It is right Earth ; for that only stands fast upon its own centre; whereas all things that have affinity with the Heavens, move upon the centre of another... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...men that are great lovers of themselves, waste the public. Divide with reason between self-love I 3 and society ; and be so true to thyself, as thou be...It is right Earth ; for that only stands fast upon its own centre; whereas all things that have affinity with the Heavens, move upon the centre of another... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...thing in an orchard or garden. And certainly men that are great lovers of themselves waste the public. Divide with reason between self-love and society ;...others ; especially to thy king and country. It is a pool* centre of a man's actions, Himself. It is right earth. For that only stands fast upon his own... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...thing in an orchard or garden ; and certainly men that are great lovers of themselves waste the public. Divide with reason between self-love and society ; and be so true to thyself, as thoa be not false to others, especially to thy king and country. It is a poor centre of a man's actions,... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - Imaginary conversations - 1829 - 570 pages
...must repeat one noble sentence ; for I fear, if you began to read it, I should interrupt you. I am not master of my mind when his comes over it. " Divide...others, especially to thy king and country. It is a poor center of a man's actions, himself: it is right earth; for that only stands fast upon his own center;... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Fore-edged painting - 1837 - 382 pages
...petty ends and devices, to the overthrow of great and important affairs. In this essay, he says, " It is a poor centre of a man's actions, himself. It is right earth ; and certainly it is the nature of extreme self-lovers, as they will set an house on fire an it were... | |
 | Edward Stanley Bosanquet - 1840 - 436 pages
...in an orchard or garden ; and certainly, men that are great lovers of themselves, waste the public. Divide with reason between self-love and society ;...It is right earth, for that only stands fast upon its own centre ; whereas all things that have affinity with the heavens, move upon the centre of another,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...thing in an orchard or garden ; and certainly men that are great lovers of themselves waste the public. Divide with reason between self-love and society ;...It is a poor centre of a man's actions, himself. It i That he did not look to various hopes, but to the 8afety of the emperor alone. is right earth ; for... | |
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