 Nay, retire men cannot when they would; neither will they when it were reason; but are impatient of privateness, even in age and sickness, which require the shadow: like old townsmen that will be still sitting at their street door, though thereby they...  Philosophical works - Page 268by Francis Bacon - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pages
...cur velis vivere.'4 Nay, men cannot retire when they would, neither will they when it were reason,6 but are impatient of privateness,' even in age and...scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy, for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
 | 1872 - 556 pages
...you are no longer what you were, j here is no reason why you should desire to live as a nonentity."] Nay, retire men cannot when they would ; neither will...scorn. Certainly, great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy ; for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 pages
...were reason,3 but are impatient of privateness even in age and sickness, which require the shadow :3 like old townsmen, that will be still sitting at their...scorn. Certainly, great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions4 to think themselves happy ; for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1874 - 700 pages
...is a melancholy thing: ' Cum non sis qui fueris non esse cur velis vivere.' 4 Nay, men cannot retire when they would, neither will they when it were reason,'...scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy, for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...either a downfall, or at least an eclipse, 8 which is a melancholy thing. 9 '-'-Cum non sis quifueris non esse cur velis vivere."™ Nay, retire men cannot...the shadow;" like old townsmen, that will be still '3 sitting at their street door, though thereby they offer age to scorn. Certainly great persons had... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 pages
...seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self. LORD BACON : Essay XI., Of Great Place. Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will...sitting at their street door, though thereby they ofi'er age to scorn. LORD BACON : Essay XI., Of Great Place. Certainly great persons had need to borrowother... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...cannot when they would, neither will they when it were reason, but are impatient of privateness, even 15 in age and sickness, which require the shadow ; like...scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy. For if they judge by their 20 own feeling, they cannot... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 pages
...least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing : Cum non sis qui fueris, non esse cur velis viverc.9 Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will...even in age and sickness, which require the shadow ; l like old townsmen, that will be still sitting at their street-door, though thereby they offer age... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing....scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy ; for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1877 - 1014 pages
...velis vivere: [When a man feels that he is no longer what he was, he loses all his interest in life.] Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will...scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions, to think themselves happy; for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
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