 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 pages
...(1906-75), German-bom US political philosopher. The Ни/тип Condition, pt. 5, ch. 33 (1958), 3 be FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626). English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, 'Of Marriage and Single... | |
 | Catherine Drinker Bowen - 1993 - 294 pages
...they cannot but admit love, yet make it keep quarter." "He that hath wife and children," wrote Bacon, "hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Unmarried men are best friends, best masters and best servants. Wives are young men's mistresses, companions... | |
 | Michael Williams - 1998 - 262 pages
...consanguinity that bind families together. They are also a statement of fact, as expressed in Bacon's essay "Of Marriage and Single Life": "He that hath wife...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Here are some of the ways that separating spouses can find their children "impediments to enterprises".... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence is a man's self'. 721 Essays 'Of Marriage and the these so lonely and poor of old. 722 Essays 'Of Marriage and the Single Life' Wives are young men's mistresses, companlons for middle... | |
 | Bert Almon - 1998 - 490 pages
...title chosen has exactly the right emphasis. The source is Lord Bacon's essay "Of Marriage and the Single Life": "He that hath wife and children hath...great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." At first the title makes us think of the hostages themselves: Ben's son, Anthony, and wife, Cathy.... | |
 | Miriam E. David - 1998 - 228 pages
...important than the job. I realize that men down the ages have faced similar obstacles. Francis Bacon writes 'he that hath wife and children hath given hostages...to great enterprises either of virtue or mischief.' But men usually manage to fit the family round the career if only because they can earn more. It is... | |
 | Delbert D. Thiessen - 170 pages
...cowardly. Voltaire French writer Love hath made thee a tame snake. William Shakespeare English playwright He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Francis Bacon English philosopher The fundamental trouble with marriage is that it shakes a man's confidence... | |
 | Eugene Ehrlich - 1998 - 340 pages
...fortune here meaning "fate." English essayist Francis Bacon (1561—1626) took note of man's lot in "He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." être malade à crever (aytra mah-LAHD ah kruu-VAY) feel like death warmed over Best translated as... | |
 | William Gerber - 1998 - 148 pages
...English writers during and immediately after the Age of Elizabeth. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) wrote: (170) "He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprise." In addition, in a poem on human life. Bacon expressed the following pejorative viewpoint... | |
 | Juliette Huxley - 1999 - 424 pages
...Single Life," an essay by Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, statesman, and essayist: "He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." // vaut mietix . . . : Better to chew on misery than on nonexistence. Is the secret self meant to be... | |
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HE that hath wife and: children, hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. 
