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" Men in great place are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business; so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire to seek power... "
Three Books of Offices, Or Moral Duties: Also His Cato Major, an Essay on ... - Page 204
by Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1878 - 343 pages
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Horæ Solitariæ: Or, Essays Upon Some Remarkable Names and Titles of Jesus ...

Ambrose Serle - 1801 - 392 pages
...Bacon, the chancellor, declares that "men in great place are thrice servants : servants of the sovreign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business. So as they have no freedom, either in their persons, in their actions, or in their times. It is a strange desire to seek power,...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...corrupteth and embaseth it. OF 0reat Place. MEN in great place are thrice servants; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants...their times. It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self. The rising unto...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...corrupteth and embaseth it. OF GREAT PLACE. MEN in great place are thrice servants; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants...their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their tiroes. It is a strange desire to seek power and to lo«e liberty ; or to seek power over others, and...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pages
...wanton Love corrupteth and embaseth it. 1V1.EN in Great Place are thrice servants : servants of the Sovereign or State ; servants of fame ; and servants of business. So as they have no freedom either in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire to seek power,...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...but wanton Love corrupteth and embaseth it. IVlEN in Great Place are thrice servants: servants of the Sovereign or State; servants of fame ; and servants of business. So as they have no freedom either in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire to seek power,...
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Sylva sylvarum (century IX-X) Physiological remains. Medical remains ...

Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 pages
...corrupteth and embaseth it. XI. OF GREAT PLACE. MEN in great place are thrice servants : servants of the sovereign or state ; servants of fame ; and servants...times. It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty ; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self. The rising unto...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...corvupteth and embaseth it. XI. OF GREAT PLACE. MEN in great place are thrice servants; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants...their times. It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self. The rising unto...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

1821 - 416 pages
...corrupteth and embaseth it. . XI. OF GREAT PLACE. MEN in great place are thrice servants ; servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants...their times. It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty ; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self. The rising unto...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 4

1821 - 408 pages
...Unmindful of his own words : " That men in great place are thrice servants : servants of the sovereign in state ; servants of fame ; and servants of business...persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. Power they seek, and lose liberty : they seek power over others, and lose power over themselves," •...
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The Retrospective Review.., Volume 4

Henry Southern - 1821 - 408 pages
...Unmindful of his own words : " That men in great place are thrice servants : servants of the sovereign in state ; servants of fame ; and servants of business...persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. Power they seek, and lose liberty : they seek power over others, and lose power over themselves." Unmindful...
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