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" impedimenta ; " for as the baggage is to an army, so is riches to virtue ; it cannot be spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches there is no real use, except... "
Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political ... - Page 129
by Francis Bacon - 1822 - 208 pages
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches, there is no real use, except it be in the distribution ; the rest is but conceit. IBID. BE not penny wise; riches have wings, and sometimes they fly away of themselves, and some* times...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...behind, but it hindereth the march; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory ; of great riches there is no real use, except it be...conceit; so saith Solomon ; " Where much is, there arc many " to consume it ; and what hath the owner " but the sight of it with his eyes }" The personal...
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Sylva sylvarum (century IX-X) Physiological remains. Medical remains ...

Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 pages
...behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches there is no real use, except it be...the rest is but conceit. So saith Solomon ; Where muck is, there are many to consume it ; and what hath the owner, but the sight of it with his eyes...
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An Appeal on the Subject of the Accumulation of Wealth: Addressed to the ...

William Phillips - 1824 - 44 pages
...behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution, the rest is but conceit." An author of more modern times has observed, that — " Avarice hangs like a dead weight upon the soul,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...behind, but it hindereth the march; yea,'and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory; of great riches there is no real use, except it be...rest is but conceit; so saith Solomon, " Where much " is,there are many to consume it; and what hath the " owner but the sight of it with his eyes ?" The...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory; of great riches there is no real use, except it be...distribution ; the rest is but conceit ; so saith Solomon, " Wljere much " is, there are many to consume it ; and what hath the " owner but the sight of it with...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 7

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 pages
...all means avoided. Hooker. The spoil got on the Antiates Was not distributed. Shafutpeare. Corwitima. ng ) Bacon's Essays. If Justice will take all, and nothing give. Justice mcthinks is not distributive. Drydcn....
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Moral, Economical, and Political Essays

Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 pages
...behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory ; of great riches there is no real use, except it be...consume it ; and what hath the owner but the sight of it \vith his eyes ?" The personal fruition in any man cannot reach to feel great riches : there is a custody...
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The Guide to Knowledge, Volume 4

William Pinnock - 1836 - 734 pages
...behind, hut it hindereth the march ; yea, and the cure of it sometimes loseth or disturbc-th the victory. Of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution; the rest is but conceit. — Bacon. WOMAN. — The prevailing manners of an age depend, more than we are awiire of, or are willing...
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Materials for thinking, extracted from the works of ancient and modern ...

1837 - 352 pages
...— Young. 424. Riches are the baggage of virtue : as baggage is to an army, so riches are to virtue. Of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution ; the rest is but conceit. Riches have sold more men than they have bought. Seek such riches as we may obtain justly, use soberly,...
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