THE joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears ; they cannot utter the one, nor they will not utter the other. Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter ; they increase the cares of life, but they mitigate the... Bacon: His Writings and His Philosophy - Page 38by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 228 pages
...utter the one, nor they will not utter the other. Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter ; they increase the cares of life, but...childless men, which have sought to express the images o/ their minds, where those of their bodies have failed ; so the care of posterity is most in them... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...LORD BACON. 1. IT is a strange desire which men have, to seek power, and lose liberty. 2. Children increase the cares of life ; but they mitigate the remembrance of death. 3. Round dealing is the honour of man's nature; and a mixture of falsehood is like alloy in gold and... | |
| Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - Medicine - 1839 - 544 pages
...utter the one, nor they will not utter the other. Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter : they increase the cares of life, but they mitigate the remembrance of death." My family is numerous — I have 7 children — I have had 5 others. There was one who grew up to manhood,... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...the one, • uor they will not utter the other. Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter : they increase the cares of life, but...death. The perpetuity by generation is common to beasts : butmemory, merit, and noble works, are proper to men : and surely a man shall see the noblest works... | |
| 1844 - 836 pages
...cannot utter the one, nor will they utter the other. Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter ; they increase the cares of life, but they mitigate the remembrance of death. — Lord Bacon. NORTH WIND. — A clergyman in Berkshire having asked one of liis farmers last week... | |
| John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1845 - 672 pages
...pang at the thought that he was to leave no children to close his eyes, or to weep over his grave : " They increase the cares of life, but they mitigate the remembrance of death."* ' Essay, " Of Parents and Children." See Life of Bacon by Montagu, and the admirable article upon him... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...utter the one, nor they will not utter the other. Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter : they increase the cares of life, but...and noble works are proper to men: and surely a man stall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men, which have sought to... | |
| Questions and answers - 1925 - 996 pages
...though whether he had ever had a son is a matter for conjecture ; and Francis Bacon has reminded us that surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations...have sought to express the images of their minds, when those of their body have failed. So the care of posterity is most in them that have no posterity.... | |
| Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...utter the one, nor they will not utter the other. Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes ceit, that is almost a nature, which is, that men can hardly make themselves believe that they o perpetuity~T>y generation is common to beasts; but memory, merit, and noble works are proper to men:... | |
| Thomas Cooper - Chartism - 1850 - 492 pages
...utter the one, nor they will not utter the other. Children sweeten labour, but they make misfortunes more bitter; they increase the cares of life, but they mitigate the remembrance of death. THE SAME. — He that hath wife and children, hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments... | |
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