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" Pythagoras is dark, but true, " cor ne edito," — " eat not the heart." Certainly, if a man would give it a hard phrase, those that want friends to open themselves unto, are cannibals of their own hearts: but one thing is most admirable, wherewith I... "
The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ... - Page 103
by Francis Bacon - 1818 - 290 pages
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A Book of Golden Thoughts

Henry Attwell - Quotations - 1870 - 314 pages
...PASSIONS. U* Rest not in an ovation, but triumph over thy passions. SYMPATHY. Sir Thomas Browne. Those who want friends to open themselves unto are cannibals of their own hearts. CHEERFULNESS AKIN TO GRATITUDE. The cheerfulness of heart which springs up in us from the survey of...
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A Thousand and One Gems of English Prose

English prose literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...nature and affections, is unfit for friendship, he taketh it of the beast, and not from humanity. . . . This communicating of a man's self to his friend,...effects, for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in halves ; for there is no man that imparteth his joys to his friend, but he joyeth the more, and no...
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The Essays of Lord Bacon

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1873 - 266 pages
...chroniclers like Froissart and Monstrelet. goras is dark, but true, Cor tie cdito, — eat not the heart.1 Certainly if a man would give it a hard phrase, those...cannibals of their own hearts: but one thing is most admirable2 (wherewith I will conclude this first fruit of friendship), which is, that this communicating...
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The new handbook of illustration; or, Treasury of themes, meditations [&c ...

E S. P - 1874 - 588 pages
...of friends — to take them with the flaws of vice. — Feltham. Friendship's Contrary Effects. — Communicating of a man's self to his friend works...effects, for it redoubleth joys and cutteth griefs in halves; for there is no man that imparteth his joys to his friend but he joyeth the more, and no man...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1874 - 700 pages
...closeness was indeed his tormentor. The parable of Pythagoras is dark, but true, ' Cor ne edito'—-eat not the heart.' Certainly, if a man would give it...phrase, those that want friends to open themselves nnto, are cannibals of their own hearts; but one thing is most admirable (wherewith I will conclude...
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Text-book of Prose: From Burke, Webster, and Bacon : with Notes, and ...

Henry Norman Hudson - Readers - 1876 - 660 pages
...Louis the Eleventh, whoso closeness was indeed his tormentor. The parable 7 of Pythagoras is dark, but true, Cor ne edito, "Eat not the heart." Certainly,...effects ; for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in halves: for there is no man that imparteth his joys to his friend, but he joyeth the more ; and no...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed ..., Volume 3; Volume 79

Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...indeed his tormentor. The parable of Pythagoras is dark, but true : " Cor ne edito," eat not the heart.7 halves. For there is no man that impartcth his joys to his friend but he joyeth the more ; and no man...
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Bacon's essays, with intr., notes and index by E.A. Abbott, Volume 1

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...tormentor. The parable of Pythagoras is dark, but true, Cor ne edito : Eat not the heart. Cer120 tainly, if a man would give it a hard phrase, those that want...which is, that this communicating of a man's self to 125 his friend, works two contrary effects : for it redoubled! Essay 27] ©f jfrtenfcsjbtp 95 joys,...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - Authors, English - 1876 - 870 pages
...second master, Louis XI. whose closeness was indeed his tormentor. The parable of Pythagoras is dark, leasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with...the slain. The master saw the madness rise, His glo mil conclude this first fruit of friendship — which is, that this communicating of a man's self to...
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Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes...

Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...heart to oppress it, in a kind of civil shrift or confession. LORD BACON: Essay XXVIII., Of Friendship. This communicating of a man's self to his friend works...effects, for it redoubleth joys and cutteth griefs in half: for there is no man that imparteth his joys to his friend, but he joyeth the more; and no man...
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