 Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof, a depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made room for him. It...  Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Page 54by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Basil Montagu - 1837 - 400 pages
...nature of extreme self-lovers, as they will set an house on fire an it were but to roast their eggs. Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house sometime before it fall ; it is the wisdom of the fox that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1837 - 382 pages
...will set an house on fire an it were but to roast their eggs. Wisdom for a man's self is, in many S3 branches thereof, a depraved thing ; it is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house sometime before it fall ; it is the wisdom of the fox that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...please them, and profit themselves : and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. 9 >T q+ noted is, that those which, as Cicero says of Pompey, are " sui amantes sine rivali," are many times... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...their affairs. Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof, a dqiraved thing : it is thie wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house...they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted, is, that those which (as Cicero says of Pompey) are, "eui amantes, sine rival¡,*" are many... | |
 | Edward Stanley Bosanquet - 1840 - 436 pages
...the overthrow of their master's great and important affairs. (Lord Bacon's Essays. Wisdom for Self.) Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house before it fall ; it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made room... | |
 | 1842 - 452 pages
...have already observed as existing in the conception of Nina di Raselli. The remark of Bacon, that " wisdom for a man's self is in many branches thereof a depraved thing," is yet truer if it be said of a woman ; Constance, after weeping and doubting and wondering during... | |
 | James Flint - 1844 - 354 pages
...people,—" because their study is but to please them, and profit themselves." He adds that, "this wisdom is in many branches thereof a depraved thing ; it...wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house sometime before it fall; it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made... | |
 | Edward Foss - 1857 - 544 pages
...them. To himself may be applied the close of his essay " On the VOL. VI. II Wisdom for a Man's self." " Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it falls. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger who digged and made room for him. It... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1848 - 480 pages
...to bite 'em, And those fleas have less fleas, And so mi infinitum," Or, perhape, better thin: — " Wisdom for a man's self, is, in many branches thereof,...wisdom of rats that will be sure to leave a house some time betöre it fall : it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger who digged and... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...; others to be read but cursorily, and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out...made room for him. It is the wisdom of crocodiles, who shed tears when they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is, that those which,... | |
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