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Essays

Name: Essays
Author: Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon Título original Essays (Inglês, 1597)

“Seja verdadeiro consigo mesmo e não seja falso com os outros.”

Francis Bacon livro Essays

Be so true to thyself as thou be not false to others
The Essays, or Councils, civil and moral of Sir Francis Bacon ... With a Table of the Colours of Good and Evil. And a Discourse of the Wisdom of the Ancients (done into English by Sir Arthur Gorges). To this edition is added the Character of Queen Elizabeth; never before printed in English, página 62 https://books.google.com.br/books?id=urVcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA62, Francis Bacon, ‎Sir Arthur GORGES - For Henry Herringman and are to be sold by Timothy Childe, 1701

“A leitura torna o homem completo; a conversação torna-o ágil; e o escrever dá-lhe precisão.”

Francis Bacon livro Essays

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
The Essays, or Councils, civil and moral of Sir Francis Bacon ... With a Table of the Colours of Good and Evil. And a Discourse of the Wisdom of the Ancients (done into English by Sir Arthur Gorges). To this edition is added the Character of Queen Elizabeth; never before printed in English, página 135 https://books.google.com.br/books?id=ripcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA135, Francis Bacon, ‎Sir Arthur GORGES - R. Chiswell, 1706
Variante: A leitura faz ao homem completo; a conversa, ágil, e o escrever, preciso.

“Nunca há excesso na caridade.”

Francis Bacon livro Essays

In charity there is no excess.
Essays (1625); Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature [A bondade de Deus e da Natureza]

“As esposas são amantes dos homens mais jovens, companheiras para a meia-idade e amas para os velhos.”

Francis Bacon livro Essays

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses
Essays (1625); Of Marriage and Single Life [A vida de casados e solteiros]

“A vingança é uma espécie de justiça selvagem.”

Francis Bacon livro Essays

Revenge is a kind of wild justice
Essays (1625); Of Revenge [Da vingança]

“As obras e fundações mais nobres nasceram de homens sem filhos.”

Francis Bacon livro Essays

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men; which both in affection and means, have married and endowed the public.
Essays (1625); Of Marriage and Single Life [A vida de casados e solteiros]

“Há pouca amizade no mundo, sobretudo entre pessoas da mesma classe.”

Francis Bacon livro Essays

There is little friendship in the world, and least of all between equals
Essayes: Religious Meditations. Places of Perswasion and Disswasion. Seene and Allowed, página 32 https://books.google.com.br/books?id=UQYzAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP32, Francis Bacon - H. Hooper, 1598

“Não há beleza perfeita que não contenha algo de estranho nas suas proporções.”

Francis Bacon livro Essays

There is no excellent beauty, that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
The Essays, or Councils, civil and moral of Sir Francis Bacon ... With a Table of the Colours of Good and Evil. And a Discourse of the Wisdom of the Ancients (done into English by Sir Arthur Gorges). To this edition is added the Character of Queen Elizabeth; never before printed in English, página 116 https://books.google.com.br/books?id=urVcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA116, Francis Bacon, ‎Sir Arthur GORGES - For Henry Herringman and are to be sold by Timothy Childe, 1701

“A virtude da prosperidade é a temperança. A virtude da adversidade, a força.”

Francis Bacon livro Essays

the virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude
The Essays, Or Councils, Civil and Moral - Página 11 https://books.google.com.br/books?id=l9A5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA11, Francis Bacon - H. Clark, 1718