 | Edward Foss - 1870 - 816 pages
...the wisdom of rate, that will be eure to leave a bms« somewhat before it falls. It is the ivisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger who digged...room for him. It is the wisdom of crocodiles, that ;li'-d tears when they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is, that ¡ha-e which... | |
 | 1870 - 972 pages
...wisdom of rats that will be'sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall; it is the wisdom of the.fox that thrusts out the badger who digged and made room...it is the wisdom of crocodiles that shed tears when they^would devour." Selfishness is no doubt, from this point of view, a very base and 'merely animal... | |
 | Edward Foss - Great Britain - 1870 - 826 pages
...depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it falls. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger who digged and made room for liim. It is the wisdom of crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour. But that which is specially... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1873 - 266 pages
...depraved thing : it is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the...wisdom of crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.5 But that which is specially to be noted is, that those which (as Cicero says of Pompey) 1... | |
 | mrs. Edward Christian - 1873 - 296 pages
...duty, woe to the helpless charge confided to her ! WEIMAR'S TRUST. 35 CHAPTER IV. Those who, as Tully says of Pompey, are sui a/mantes sine rivali, are many times unfortunate. For whereas they have all their time sacrificed to themselves, they become in the end sacrifices to... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...depraved thing—it is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the...made room for him. It is the wisdom of crocodiles, 23 that shed tears when they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is, that those which... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - Readers - 1876 - 660 pages
...depraved thing: it is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall: it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the...which (as Cicero says of Pompey) are sui amantes, sine 6 Bacon adhered to the old astronomj', which made the Earth the centre of the system. The Copernican... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the...digged and made room for him. It is the wisdom of 45 crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the...which, as Cicero says of Pompey, are " sui amantes sine rivale," are many times unfortunate. And whereas they have all their time sacrificed to themselves,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1877 - 1014 pages
...depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the...is, that those which (as Cicero says of Pompey) are aui amanten, tine rivali, [lovers of themselves without rival,] are many times unfortunate. And whereas... | |
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Wisdom for a man's self is in many branches thereof a depraved thing ; it is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall; it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger who digged and made room for him; it... 
