 You shall read (saith he) that we are commanded to forgive our enemies; but you never read that we are commanded to forgive our friends. But yet the spirit of Job was in a better tune: Shall we (saith he) take good at God's hands, and not be content to...  Recollections of a Chaperon - Seite 219von Arabella Jane Sullivan - 1833Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Steven E. Landsburg - 2007 - 289 Seiten
...is past is gone and irrevocable, and wise men have enough to do with things present and to come. ... a man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. As a writer, I note with considerable dismay that although Bacon's advice is clear, succinct, profound,... | |
 | Richard Fletcher Charles - 1882 - 488 Seiten
...saith he, take good at God's hands, and not be content to take evil also ? 3 And so of friends in a proportion. This is certain, that a man that studieth...wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. Public revenges are for the most part fortunate ; 4 as that for the death of Csesar ; for the death... | |
 | Robert William Dale, James Guinness Rogers - 1875 - 780 Seiten
...is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge,...wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. Parents and Children. — The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears ; they... | |
 | Ralph M. Aderman, Wayne R. Kime - 2003 - 696 Seiten
...unfinished business. The hot sun melts the snows, when anger comes, wisdom goes. Hindu proverb RETRIBUTION A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. Francis Bacon Each of us comes to the point on our path to soulfulness when we are faced with letting... | |
 | 1852 - 594 Seiten
...secrecy in habit, dissimulation in seasonable use, and a power to feign if there be no remedy. The man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. It will be acknowledged, even by those that practise it not, that clear and round dealing is the honour... | |
 | Antonio Pérez, Gustav Ungerer - 1974 - 468 Seiten
...Revenge is a wild justice, which the more Man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. with Bacon's daily contact with Perez. It is therefore not surprising that Brian Vickers in studying... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1844 - 586 Seiten
...content to take evil also?" and so of friends in a proportion. This is certain, that a man that studieth1 revenge, keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal, and do well. Public revenges and for the most part fortunate; as that for the death of Cesar; for the death of Pertinax;... | |
 | Ed. B. R. Kishore - 196 Seiten
...stay, And once departed, may return no more. Omar Khyyam, The Rubaiyat. REVENGE A man that studies revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. Bacon, Essays, Of Revenge. Revenge, at first though sweet Bitter are long back on itself recoils. Milton,... | |
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