 He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless...  Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Page 36by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 pages
...fortunate ; but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men... | |
 | W J Morgan - 1874 - 750 pages
...Marriage and Single Life/ declares "He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortunes, for they are impediments to great enterprises either of virtue or mischief." " A man in my country," quoth James Kelly, " coming out of his house with tears on his cheeks, was... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 456 pages
...the rniiid may have a special receipt.! OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE (1612 ; slightly enlarged 1625). He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. Essay xvi. Atheism. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Essay viii. Of Marriage and Single Life. Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1874 - 700 pages
...which selfishness is caught from those who have least of it. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. TTE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to •^—*- fortune ; for they are impedimenta to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.1 Essay v. Of Adversity. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Essay viii. Of Marriage and Single Life. A little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism, but... | |
 | Newton Abbot College - 1875 - 354 pages
...misfortunes more bitter: they increase the cares of life, but they mitigate the remembrance of death. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. A little philosophy... | |
 | 1875 - 780 pages
...world. What anxiety, un fitness for any business save guarding that rain-li!,-M ' Lord Bacon says that he that hath wife and children hath given hostages...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. It is' precisely the same with the man who owns a costly silk umbrella. Does he go to the play or the... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 pages
...commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LITE. HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII and HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded s from the unmarried or childless... | |
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