Bacon, Francis, The essays or Counsels civil and moral of Francis Bacon

(London :  George Routledge and Sons,  1884.)

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OF HONOUR A ND REP U TA TION              2 3

iin  the   body,  but ask  opinion  of  it;   in  sickness

tprincipally respect health, and in health action ; for

Ithose that put their bodies to endure in health, may

[in most sicknesses which are not very sharp be cured

lonly with  diet  and  good  tending.     Physicians arc

(^ome of them so pleasing to  the  humours  of the

: patient that  they press  not  the  true cure of  the

(disease; and some others so regular in proceeding

according to art for the disease  as they respect not

jsufficiently the condition of the patient.    Take one

of a mild  temper, and forget not to call as well the

best acquainted with your body as the best reputed

of for his faculty.
 

VIIL
 

OF HONOUR AND REPUTATION.

The winning of honour is but the revealing of a
man's virtue and worth without disadvantage ; for
some in their actions do affect honour and reputa¬
tion, which sort of men are  much talked of, but
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