 impedimenta ; " for as the baggage is to an army, so is riches to virtue ; it cannot be spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches there is no real use, except...  Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political ... - Page 129by Francis Bacon - 1822 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 228 pages
...behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great Riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution ; the rest is but conceit;2 so saith Solomon, ' Where much is, there are many to consume it; and what hath the owner... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1879 - 356 pages
...behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great Riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution; the rest is but conceit;2 so saith Solomon, ' Where much is, there are many to consume it; and what hath the owner... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1881 - 104 pages
...behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches there is no real use, except it be...hath the owner but the sight of it with his eyes? " Tbe personal fruition in any man cannot reach to feel great riches: there is a custody of them, or... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1881 - 324 pages
...behind, but it hindereth the march. 5 Yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches there is no real use, except it be...the distribution ; the rest is but conceit. So saith Salomon, Where much is, there are many to consume it; and 10 what hath the owner but the sight of it... | |
 | 1881 - 578 pages
...it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches there is no real use, except it bo ia y, if Man's unhappy, God's nnjust ; If Man alone engross not Heaven's liatli the owner, but the sight of it with his eyes ?" * The personal fruition in any man, cannot reach... | |
 | Charles James Dunphie - 1881 - 416 pages
...Poverty nor Kiches ! " cries the Scriptural Sage. There is the wisdom of the wisest in Bacon's saying: "Of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution ; the rest is but conceit." Therefore is this toy of man's one that may be evil in its unwise enjoyment; and the old monkish epitaph... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pages
...behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory : of great riches there is no real use, except it be...and what hath the owner but the sight of it with his eyes?"a The personal fruition in any man cannot reach to feel great riches : there is a custody of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 324 pages
...behind, but it hindereth the march. 5 Yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches there is no real use, except it be...the distribution ; the rest is but conceit. So saith Salomon, Where much is, there are many to consume it; and J0 what hath the owner but the sight of it... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1883 - 236 pages
...behind, but it hindcreth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory: of great riches there is no real use, except it be...consume it; and what hath the owner but the sight of it witli his eyes?"* The personal fruition in any man cannot reach to feel great riches: there is a custody... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 468 pages
...behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches there is no real use, except it be...hath the owner, but the sight of it with his eyes ? " 1 The personal fruition in any man cannot reach to feel great riches : there is a custody of them,... | |
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