 He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless...  Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Pàgina 36per George Lillie Craik - 1846Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 pàgines
...young man not yet, an elder man not at all." LORD BACON : Essay VIII., Of Marriage arid Single Life. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for the public have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pàgines
...fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIIL OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. He that hath wife and children, hath given hostages...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1877 - 1014 pàgines
...fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. J HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly l the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
 | Desiderius Erasmus - 1877 - 554 pàgines
...master. Compare this passage with the often-quoted sentence of Lord Bacon's : — " He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune :...great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief."— Essay vii. Menne ought not to putte fortlie their handes to their friendes with t/teir fyngcrs clynchedfast... | |
 | Apophthegmata - 1877 - 560 pàgines
...master. Compare this passage with the often-quoted sentence of Lord Bacon's : — " He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune :...great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." — Essay vii. Menne ought not to putte forthe their Itandes to tJicir friendes with their fyngers... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1877 - 402 pàgines
...thou dare be an adulterer, thou darfst forswtar thyself." " He that hath я wife ai d children liaih given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments...great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." — Bacon. " Of all sighte which r-an sulten and hum» nise the heart of man, BC H90. there is rone... | |
 | Wilhelm Gwinner - 1878 - 672 pàgines
...So berief er sich gern auf Bacon von Verulam, „Essay of marriage and single life", wo es heisst: „He that hath wife and children, hath given hostages...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for the public have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men,... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 462 pàgines
...mind may have a special receipt. t OF ялпшлпя AND SINGLE LTFB (1012 ¡ slightly enlarged 1625). He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 272 pàgines
...are commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII ;$larriag;e antr HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded 5 from the unmarried or childless... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1879 - 406 pàgines
...fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII.— OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HB that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great 1 There is considerable justice in this remark. Children should be taught to do what is right for its... | |
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