In things that are tender and unpleasing, it is good to break the ice by some one whose words are of less weight, and to reserve the more weighty voice to come in as by chance.


The Essays, Or Councils, Civil and Moral (ed. 1718)

Francis Bacon Quotes

In things that are tender and unpleasing, it is good to break the ice by some one whose words are of less weight, and to reserve the more weighty...

In things that are tender and unpleasing, it is good to break the ice by some one whose words are of less weight, and to reserve the more weighty...

In things that are tender and unpleasing, it is good to break the ice by some one whose words are of less weight, and to reserve the more weighty...

In things that are tender and unpleasing, it is good to break the ice by some one whose words are of less weight, and to reserve the more weighty...