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Quotation from New Atlantis by Francis Bacon
“That whosoever is unchaste cannot reverence himself; and they say, That the reverence of a man's self, is, next to religion, the chiefest bridle of all vices”
New Atlantis, Joabin's discourse on marriage in Bensalem (Project Gutenberg #2434 (Harvard Classics text))
Joabin closes his praise of Bensalem's chastity with a proverb of the island that ties self-respect to self-government.
Citation: "That whosoever is unchaste cannot reverence himself; and they say, That the reverence of a man's self, is, next to religion, the chiefest bridle of all vices" — Francis Bacon, New Atlantis, Joabin's discourse on marriage in Bensalem (Project Gutenberg #2434 (Harvard Classics text)). (id bacon-new-atlantis-q4)
