“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 <br class="br">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
“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 <br class="br">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. <br class="br">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 <br class="br">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]
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]
“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. <br class="br">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 <br class="br">The Essays, Or Councils, Civil and Moral - Página 11 https://books.google.com.br/books?id=l9A5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA11, Francis Bacon - H. Clark, 1718
