 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...an array, so is riches to virtue. It cannot be spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march1; yea and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth...the distribution ; the rest is but conceit. So saith Salomon, Where much is, there are many to consume it ; and what hath the owner but the sight of it... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 792 pages
...baggage is to an Armie, so is riches to vcrtite : 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 vse, except it bee in the distribution : the rest is but conceit. So saith Salomon : Where much... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1859 - 444 pages
...See ante, page 124. 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... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1859 - 444 pages
...124. ON RICHES. 157 to an army, so arc 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 1" The personal fruition in any man cannot reach to feel great riches... | |
 | John Baillie - 1859 - 326 pages
...for, as the baggage is to an army, so is 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." Never was combatant more keenly sensitive to this " weight" than Augustino. " To you, who are God's... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pages
...so is riches to '•.,••'-•••• .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 vse, except it bee in the distribution : the rest is but conceit. So saith Salomon : Where much... | |
 | Samuel Martin - 1863 - 352 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, "Eiches... | |
 | Wise sayings - 1864 - 394 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. Essay on Riches. — LORD BACON. RICHES. Value of Riches are valuable at all times, and to all men,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...baggage is to an Arraie, 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 vse, except it bee in the distribution : the rest is but conceit. So saith Salomon : Where much... | |
 | William Swan Plumer - 1864 - 620 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." Mrs. Hannah More: "It is to be feared that the general tendency of rank, and especially of 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... 
