 | Wise sayings - Maxims - 1864 - 394 pages
...Hater, Act I. Scene III. BEAUMONT and FLETCHER. ENVY. A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others ; for men's minds will either feed upon their own good, or upon others' evil ; and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other ; and whoso is out of hope to attain to another's... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 pages
...is the difference between public and private envy. A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others — for men's minds will either feed upon their own good, or upon others' evil ; and who 5 wanteth the one will prey upon i Ejaculation. The act of throwing or darting anil. 'Which... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pages
...rnan.t That thou towards him with hand so various, * A man who hath no virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others ; for men's minds will either feed upon their own good, or upon others' evil ; and who wanteth the one, will prey upon the other. BACON. t The men whom God chooses as the instruments... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...difference between public and private envy. A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever [4] envieth virtue in others, for men's minds will either feed upon their own good or upon others' evil; and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other, and whoso is out of hope to attain another's virtue,... | |
 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1868 - 692 pages
...Well, here is a quotation for the scandal lovers — " A man who hath no virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others : for men's minds will either feed upon their own good, or upon others' evil ; and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other ; and who is out of hope to attain another's virtue,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 786 pages
...is the difference between public and private envy. A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others — for men's minds will either feed upon their own good, or upon other's evil ; and who' wanteth the one will prey upon 1 Ejaculation. The act of throwing or darting... | |
 | William Stanley Jevons - Logic - 1870 - 376 pages
...what was lawful for a Christian. — Whately. 92. A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others ; for men's minds will either feed upon their own good or upon others' evil ; and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other. — Bacon. 93. The object of war is durable peace;... | |
 | William Stanley Jevons - Logic - 1871 - 444 pages
...did what was lawful for a Christian.—Wkately. 92. A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others; for men's minds will either feed upon their own good or upon others evii: and who wanteth the one v. ill prey upon the other.— Bacon. 93. The object of war is durable... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1873 - 280 pages
...but every man another's wealth." (1 Cor. x. 24.) " A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others ; for men's minds will either feed upon their own good or upon others' evil." (Bacon, Essays.) § 111. The one . . . the other serve to distinguish two persons or things ; one .... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1873 - 266 pages
...the difference between public and private envy. A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth virtue in others. For men's minds will either feed upon their own good, or upon others' evil ; and who wanteth the one, will prey upon the other ; and whoso is out of hope to attain to another's... | |
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A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others. For men's minds will either feed upon their own good or upon others... 
