 | Jonathan Dymond - 1834 - 444 pages
...have sold more men than they have bought out. As baggage is to an army, so are riches to virtue. — It hindereth the march, yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory." — " It is to be feared that the general tendency of rank, and especially of riches, is to withdraw... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1836 - 734 pages
...¡eft behind, hut it hindereth the march ; yea, and the cure of it sometimes loseth or disturbc-th the victory. Of great riches there is no real use,...it be in the distribution; the rest is but conceit. — Bacon. WOMAN. — The prevailing manners of an age depend, more than we are awiire of, or are willing... | |
 | 1837 - 352 pages
...— Young. 424. Riches are the baggage of virtue : as baggage is to an army, so riches are to virtue. Of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution ; the rest is but conceit. Riches have sold more men than they have bought. Seek such riches as we may obtain justly, use soberly,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 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...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, cannot reach to feel great riches... | |
 | 1839 - 272 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...be in the distribution : the rest is but conceit. BACON. IT is an old saying, that charity begins at home; but this is no reason it should not go abroad... | |
 | John Taylor - 1839 - 258 pages
...nor left behind, but it hindereth the march; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or dieturbeth the victory; of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution; the rest is but conceiU— Bacon. DCXXVI. Error the Cause of Injustice.—What renders man unjust? Are not errors and... | |
 | Edward Stanley Bosanquet - 1840 - 436 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...the rest is but conceit ; so saith Solomon, " Where goods increase, they are increased that eat them : and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving... | |
 | 1841 - 646 pages
...nor left behind, but it hindcrelh the march; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbed! the victory ; of great riches there is no real use,...be in the distribution ; the rest is but conceit. — Baton. 20 THE WILL; OR, LAW s LABOR LOST. OriginalTHE WILL; OR, LAW'S LABOR LOST. BT MRS. ZMMA... | |
 | 1841 - 644 pages
...; for as the bagaee is to an army, so is riches to virtue ; it cannot bo pared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the •ietory ; of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution ; the rest is but... | |
 | Anti-Mammon (pseud.) - 1843 - 242 pages
...for, as the baggage is to an army,«so are riches to virtue. It cannot be spared or left behind, but it hindereth the march; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory."—Lord Bacon's Essay on Riches. To the inquiries, therefore, what do you want?— what do... | |
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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... 
