 He that hath wife and children, hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.  Works - Page 266by Francis Bacon - 1850Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 300 pages
...it ; but generally the precept is good, " Optimum elige, suave et facile illud faciet consuetude." 1 Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom...disinherited. VIII. — OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. (1612; enlarged, 1625.) HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1891 - 466 pages
...but generally the precept is good, " Optimum elige, suave et facile illud faciet consuetude.'' 1 — Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom...that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortunes: for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly .... | |
 | Robert Grant - 1892 - 182 pages
...since that notion of Josephine's as an eminently pertinent suggestion. Lord Bacon well said that " he that hath wife and children hath given hostages...impediments to great enterprises either of virtue or of mischief." The married man who is chary of drinking tea from his 11 saucer and ambitious to send... | |
 | Robert Grant - 1892 - 176 pages
...since that notion of Josephine's as an eminently pertinent suggestion. Lord Bacon well said that " he that hath wife and children hath given hostages...impediments to great enterprises either of virtue or of mischief." The married man who is chary of drinking tea from his 11 saucer and ambitious to send... | |
 | Rev. James Wood - 1893 - 694 pages
...estate, and he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honour. Hfri Ftanktin. He that hath a . Bacon. He that hath but gained the title of a jester, 41 let him assure himself the fool is not far... | |
 | 1893 - 638 pages
...fund laid by sufficient to enable him to hold out for better terms. As Bacon put it centuries ago, "He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprise, either of virtue or mischief.'1 As to the effect of strikes, suppose all the workers in... | |
 | R. Ochse - 1990 - 322 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... | |
 | Will Durant - 1965 - 736 pages
...well with churchmen, for charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool. . . . He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief."32 Bacon seems to have worked too hard to have had time for love, and perhaps he never quite... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 pages
...(1906-75), German-bom US political philosopher. The Ни/тип Condition, pt. 5, ch. 33 (1958), 3 be FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626). English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, 'Of Marriage and Single... | |
 | Catherine Drinker Bowen - 1993 - 294 pages
...they cannot but admit love, yet make it keep quarter." "He that hath wife and children," wrote Bacon, "hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Unmarried men are best friends, best masters and best servants. Wives are young men's mistresses, companions... | |
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