 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
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1848 - 666 pages
...fleas to bite 'em, And those fleas have less fleas, And so ad infinitum." Or perhaps better thus : " Wisdom for a man's self, is in many branches thereof...is the wisdom of rats that will be sure to leave a hoase some time before it fall : it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger who digged... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1848 - 522 pages
...have lesa fleas, And so ad infinitum." Or, perhnps, better thus: — " VViadom for a man's self, ¡a, in many branches thereof, a depraved thing : it is...wisdom of rats that will be sure to leave a house flome time before it fall : it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger who digged and... | |
 | George Atkinson - 1849 - 334 pages
...fortune, took its natural course, and ended in its natural way. " Wisdom for a man's self (says Bacon) is, in many branches thereof, a depraved thing; it...wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house some time » See Life, 71. before its fall ; it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 372 pages
...and profit themselves ; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. WisdDm for a man's self is, in many branches thereof a depraved thing : it is the wisdom ot rats, that will be sure to leave a house sometime before it fall : it is the wisdom of the fox,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...please them, and profit themselves : and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. Wisdom for a man's self is in many branches thereof...they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is, that those which, as Cicero says of Pompey, are " sui amantes sine rivali," are many times... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...please them, and profit themselves ; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house Igniew^t before it fall : it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger who digged and made... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
...them, and profit themselves ; and for either respect, they will abandon the good of their affairs. 2. Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...the badger, who digged and made room for him. It is tho wisdom of crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour, liut that which is specially to be... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1852 - 172 pages
...is the nature of self-lovers as they will set a house on fire and it. were but to roast their eggs. Wisdom for a man's self is in many branches thereof...be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall. Bacon. "Enlighten self-interest," cries the philosopher, "do but sufficiently enlighten it ! " —... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 394 pages
...edition of 1625, with the following extradt, not to be found in the previous edition : — " Wifdom for a Man's Self, is, in many Branches thereof, a depraved thing. It is the Wifdom of Rats , that will be fure to leave a Houfe, fomewhat before it fall. It is the Wifdom of the... | |
 | 1852 - 336 pages
...have already observed as existing in the conception of Nina di Easelli. 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... | |
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