 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...doth but offend the law ; but the revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office. Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over he is superior : for it is a prince's part to pardon. And Solomon, I am sure, saith, It is the glory of... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1853 - 442 pages
...of nature, are legible enough when the lamp of revelation is held up to it. — Nevins. REVENGE. — By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing over it, he is superior. — Lord Bacon. REVENGE. — It is a work of prudence to prevent injury, and... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Children's poetry - 1854 - 264 pages
...inaccessible. The discretion of a man deferreth his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over, he is superior. CONDUCT TO INFERIORS. BE meek, courteous and affable to your inferiors, nol proud nor... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Ethics - 1854 - 894 pages
...doth but offend the law; but the revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office. Certainly in childless men ; which have sought to express the images of their minds, wher is superior: for it is a prince's part to pardon. And Solomon, I am sure, saith, " It is the glory... | |
 | Robert Butler - 1855 - 184 pages
...Harbour not revenge in thy breast, for it will torment thine heart, and warp its best inclinations. By taking revenge a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over he is his superior. OF DETRACTION AND SLANDER. He that praises bestows a favour, but he who detracts commits... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1856 - 406 pages
...doth but offend the law, but the revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office. Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon ; and Solomon, I am sure, saith, " It is the glory... | |
 | e.r. humphreys, lld - 1856 - 200 pages
...be not only an unchristian, but an undignified feeling ; because, in the words of Lord Bacon, " in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over, he is superior ;" still, the man whom no provocation can exasperate, must be either a negative and useless... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...thou be slain, and with no mnord of mine, My v, ifrV and children's ghosts will haunt me still.' ' In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over, he is superior,' &c. Bacon, in speaking of the duty, and of the difficulty, of forgiving injuries, might... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Christian life - 1857 - 274 pages
...of the truth. Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man, but rests only in the bosom of fools. By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over he is superior. To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great wisdom ; and to forgive it, of... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1857 - 578 pages
...does but offend the law ; but the revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office. Certainly, in taking revenge a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over he is superior ; for it is a prince's part to pardon : and Solomon, I am sure, saith, ' It is the glory... | |
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Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over he is superior : for it is a prince's part to pardon. And Solomon, I am sure, saith, It is the glory of a man to pass by an offence? 
