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" So as there is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self; and there is no such remedy against... "
Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Page 59
by George Lillie Craik - 1846
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...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...of .a flatterer; for there is no such flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend....
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...fortune, and be full of inconstancy, doing and undoing, like the reeling of a drunken man. LORD BACON. THERE is as much difference between the counsel that...of a flatterer ; for there is no such flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's self, as is the liberty of...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...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...of a flatterer ; for there is no such flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no such remedy against flattery of .a man's self as the liberty of a...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 2

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...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...between the counsel of a friend, and of a flatterer. Forthere is nosuch flatterer as is a man's self; and there is no such remedy against flattery of a...
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Essays moral, economical and political

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...another, is drier and purer than that which cometh from his own understanding and judgment ; which in ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs....of a flatterer ; for there is no such flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend....
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...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...much difference between the counsel that a friend givelh, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a, flatterer;...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...counsel from another, is drier and purer than that which cometh from his own understanding and jndgment ; which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs. So as there rs as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 2

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 598 pages
...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...of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self; and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's self, as the liberty of a...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...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...of a flatterer ; for there is no such flatterer as is a man's / self, and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...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...of a flatterer ; for there is no such flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend....
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