| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 558 pages
...that cannot possibly mend his own case, will do what he can to impair another's.' Of marriage, — •He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.' And, — 'Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands.' Again,—... | |
| Philip Stewart Robinson - 1882 - 480 pages
...that those without families — the discipline of humanity— make always the best public servants. " He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." And again, "Charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool." The dog, therefore,... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1882 - 214 pages
...consuetude.' * Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. He that hath wife and...hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great entciprizes either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for the public... | |
| Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 pages
...pale martyr in his shirt of flre. c. ALEX. SMITH — A Life Drama. St. 2. MATRIMONY. He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune;...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. d. BACON— Essays. Of Marriage and Single Life. My fond affection thou hast seen, Then judge of my... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 538 pages
...that cannot possibly mend his own case, will do what he can to impair another's.' Of marriage, — •He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...they are Impediments to great enterprises, either of 1irtue or mischtef.' And, — 'Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving... | |
| Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...Adteriity. Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.1 Ibid. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Essay viii. Of Marriage and Single Life. 1 As aromatic plants bestow No spicy fragrance while they... | |
| 1884 - 910 pages
...Labors for Woman Suffrage — Her Industry and Self-denial for the Cause — Personal Appearance. " He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit, for the pnblie have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which, both In affection and means, hare... | |
| 1884 - 756 pages
...Appearance. " He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are Impedimenta to great enterprises either of virtue or mischief....childless men ; which, both in affection and means, hare married and endowed the public." HIS bit of Baconian philosophy, as alike applicable to women,... | |
| Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 pages
...creeps back. Margaret Mead (1901-1978) American anthropologist He that hath wife and children have given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, essayist Man is the head of the family, woman the neck... | |
| R. A. Ochse, R. Ochse - 1990 - 318 pages
...that connubial activities and their products simply get in the way of creative (and other) enterprise: He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...greatest merit for the public have proceeded from unmarried or childless men. (Bacon, 1685/1980 p. 149) In contrast to Freud, theorists of a more existentialistic... | |
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