 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 694 pages
...left behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturb eth. the victory. Of great riches there is no real use,...distribution ; the rest is but conceit ; so saith Solomon, 6 Where much is, there are many to consume it; and what hath the owner but the sight of it with his... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 458 pages
...Baggage is to an Army, so is Riches to Vertue. It cannot be spared, nor left behinde, but it hindreth the March; Yea, and the care of it, sometimes, loseth...disturbeth the Victory: Of great Riches, there, is no Reall Use, except it be in the Distribu-j tion; The rest is but Conceit. So saith Salo\ man; Where... | |
 | 1868 - 552 pages
...impedimenta.' For as baggage is to an army, so are 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." — Bishop Reynolds. "The wealth of the Cretans consists in health, vigour, and courage, domestic quiet,... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1870 - 486 pages
...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...it be in the distribution ; the rest is but conceit The personal fruition in any man cannot reach to feel great riches : there is a custody of them ; or... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 984 pages
...use, except it be in the distribution ; .the rest ia but conceit. So saith Solomon, " Where much ia, should divulge it. I wave the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing; But och ! caniiot reach to feel great riches ; there is a custody of them, or a power of dolo (distribution],... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 988 pages
...it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches there is no great use, excefit it bo in the distribution ; the rest is but conceit. So...there are many to consume it ; and what hath the owner but the sight of it with his eyes ? " The personal fruition in any man caunot reach to feel great riches... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 pages
...nor left behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbetl! the victory. Of great riches there is no real use,...except it be in the distribution ; the rest is but conceit.1 So saith Solomon, where much is, there are many to consume it; and what hath the owner but... | |
 | Thomas Davies King - 1875 - 202 pages
...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; " but he has given us no parallel to these passages, from Shakspere, on the love of money and avarice,... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 pages
...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...in the distribution ; the rest is but conceit: so eaith Solomon, " Where much is, there are many to consume it ; and what hath the owner but the sight... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1876 - 580 pages
...for as the baggage is to an army so are riches to virtue, it cannot be spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march, yea, and the care of it sometimes...it be in the distribution, the rest is but conceit. Certainly great riches have sold more men than they have bought out." Jeremy Taylor says, " Riches... | |
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I CANNOT call riches better than the baggage of virtue ; the Roman word is better, 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... 
