 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...bosom of fools. None more impatiently suffer injuries, than those that are most forward in doing them. By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over, he is superior. To err is human : to forgive, divine. A more glorious victory cannot be gained over another... | |
 | General reader - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1827 - 246 pages
...Ibid. HONESTY. — No man is wise or safe but he that is honest. — Sir Walter Raleigh. REVENGE. — By taking revenge a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over he is superior. — Lord Bacon. To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to... | |
 | Ethics - 1828 - 234 pages
...vain. 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. No. 27.] CONSCIENCE. [SATURDAY. " What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted 1... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 228 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 6ver he is superior ; for it is a prince's part to pardon : and Solomon, I am sure, saith, " It is... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 436 pages
...to avoid revenge ; but it is disgraceful to offer insults. In taking revenge, Dr. Beattie remarks, " a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over he is superior." — " Contemn injuries," observes St. Chrysostom, " and thou shall be a conqueror." The... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Almanacs - 1834 - 440 pages
...inaccessible. The discretion of a man defcrreth 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, not proud nor... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Almanacs - 1834 - 432 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, not proud nor... | |
 | Watson Adams - Conduct of life - 1834 - 278 pages
...his revenge, watches to do himself a mischief. Passion evaporates by words, as grief does by tears. By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over ; he is superior. Lord Bacon. It is the only valor to remit a wrong ; and the greatest applaiise, to forgive... | |
 | Noah Webster - Readers - 1835 - 270 pages
...impatiently suffer injuries, than those that are most forward in doing them. By revenging an injury, a man is but even with his enemy ; "but in passing it over, he is superior. To err is human; to forgive, divine. A more glorious victory cannot be gained over another... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1837 - 148 pages
...exposing himself. None more impatiently suffer injuries, than those that are most forward in doing them. By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. Let not prosperity elate thine heart above measure; neither depress thy soul unto the... | |
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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? 
