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" A man cannot speak to his son, but as a father ; to his wife, but as a husband ; to his enemy, but upon terms ; whereas a friend may speak as the case requires, and not as it sorteth with the person. "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England - Page 92
by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825
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Sexuality and Citizenship: Metamorphosis in Elizabethan Erotic Verse

Jim Ellis, James Richard Ellis - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 316 pages
...in any other relation. 'A man cannot speak to his son but as a father; to his wife but as a husband; to his enemy but upon terms: whereas a friend may...the case requires, and not as it sorteth with the person.'69 Here we can see part of the reason why it is specifically wives that are rejected in Orpheus....
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Crime: Critical Concepts in Sociology

Philip Bean - Crime - 2003 - 484 pages
...Source: P. Sainsbury. Suicide in London. Maudsley Monograph, 1955. pp. 68-83: 87-88;89-92. Discussion Bin to enumerate these things were endless: I have given the rule, where a man cannot fitly play his own pan: if he have not a friend he may qtut the stage. Francis Bacon. 1607. It has been shown. not only...
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Essays

Francis Bacon - Literary Collections - 2007 - 157 pages
...which he cannot put off. A man cannot speak to his son but as a father; to his wife but as a husband; to his enemy but upon terms; whereas a friend may...given the rule, where a man cannot fitly play his own partj if he have not a friend, he may quit the stage. XXVIII OF EXPENSE RICHES are for spending, and...
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The Case for Greatness: Honorable Ambition and Its Critics

Robert Faulkner - Political Science - 2008 - 278 pages
...extol them, . . . supplicate or beg; . . . But all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth; . . . where a man cannot fitly play his own part; if he have not a friend, he may quit the stage" (#27, "Of Friendship"); "All fame proceeds from servants" (Essays, #55, "Of Honor and Reputation")....
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