 | 1879 - Страниц: 592
...and settled purpose, as an enterprise for the betterment of his fortunes. He was already anchored in life. "He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises," is Bacon's immortal simile ; but how often are we reminded that the seeming obstructions in the path... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - Страниц: 266
...are commonly fortunate ; but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. He that hath wife and children hath given...unmarried or childless men ; which, both in affection and 1 Sorteth] Conduces. * So] Provided. See p. 5, note I. 3 Apply themselves, &c.] Accommodate themselves... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1873 - Страниц: 798
...children, Bacon tells us, in one of hu Essays, are "impediments to great enterprise!:" and adds, " Certainly, the best works, and of greatest merit for...have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men." Sec, with reference to this subject, Mr. D'Israeli'i work en " The Literary Character," chapter xvlii.... | |
 | John McClintock - 1873 - Страниц: 976
...years, Kant was never married. He gave no " hostages to fortune," but illustrated Bacon's dictum, that " the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from unmarried or childless mrti." Of the works constituting Kant's bequest to posterity, the most noted... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - Страниц: 798
...mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. Essay xvi. Atheism. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Essay viii. Of Marriage and Single Life. Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1874 - Страниц: 700
...which selfishness is caught from those who have least of it. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. TTE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to •^—*- fortune ; for they are impedimenta to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest... | |
 | 1875 - Страниц: 780
...world. What anxiety, un fitness for any business save guarding that rain-li!,-M ' Lord Bacon says that he that hath wife and children hath given hostages...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. It is' precisely the same with the man who owns a costly silk umbrella. Does he go to the play or the... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - Страниц: 890
...Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.1 Essay v. Of Adversity. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Essay viii. Of Marriage and Single Life. A little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism, but... | |
 | Newton Abbot College - 1875 - Страниц: 354
...misfortunes more bitter: they increase the cares of life, but they mitigate the remembrance of death. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. A little philosophy... | |
 | Samuel Cox, Sir William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt - 1875 - Страниц: 504
...may please his wife ; " an opinion quite similar to that which Lord Bacon pronounced when he said : " Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for...have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, who both in affection and means have married and endowed the public." Given two men with equal desire... | |
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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. 
