He that hath wife and children, hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Works - Page 266by Francis Bacon - 1850Full view - About this book
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the. elder are disinherited. OF Carriage anD Single life. HE that hath wife and children hath...hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprizes, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the... | |
| George Dyer - 1814 - 538 pages
...applied, (for the Earl of Northampton was both a bachelor and a student) Lord Bacon's observation : " he that hath wife and children, hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprizes, either to virtue or mischief 1 "." He was chancellor of the University in ifil I : he... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...suetudo." Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. v OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and...hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprizes, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for the public... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...good not to cross it; but generally the precept is good, " optimum elige, suave et facile illud fnciet consuetude." Younger brothers are commonly fortunate,...children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediincuts to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest... | |
| British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...it ; but generally the precept is good, " optimum elige, suave et facile illnd faciet consuetnde." Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom...SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and children hath given hostage? to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 598 pages
...cross it; but generally the precept is good, Optimum elige, suave et facile illud faciet consuetudo. Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom...where the elder are disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AXD SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and children, hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...insomuch that we see a nephew sometimes resembleth an uncle, or a kinsman, more than his own parents, as 'the blood happens. Let parents choose betimes...are disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE * ^J He that hath wife and* children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great... | |
| Robert Southey - Anglican Communion - 1826 - 562 pages
...Dr. Lingard* has quoted from Lord Bacon in support of his argument for the celibacy of the clergy: " He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of the greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or the childless man, which, both... | |
| Robert Southey - Anglican Communion - 1826 - 562 pages
...Dr. Lingard* has quoted from Lord Bacon in support of his argument for the celibacy of the clergy : "He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of the greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or the childless man, which, both... | |
| Josiah Gregg - Indians of North America - 1844 - 342 pages
...fever,' and anxious to return to his family. " He that hath wife and children," says Lord Bacon, " hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments...great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." Men under such bonds are peculiarly unfitted for the chequered life of a Santa Fe trader. The domestic... | |
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