 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...  The American Whig Review - Page 331848Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1856 - 406 pages
...fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII.— OF MAERIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...ESSAY VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. 1TE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to -tl fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the hest works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men,... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...BACON. 1561-1626. Essay viii. Of Marriage and Single Life. He that hath a wife and children hath given to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Essay 1. Of Studies. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English literature - 1858 - 812 pages
...fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly a the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1857 - 578 pages
...ESSAY VIII. OF MAEEIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. r TTE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to -Ll fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises,...virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which, both in affection... | |
 | Josiah Gregg - Indians of North America - 1857 - 662 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pages
...beft Works, and of greateft Merit for the Public, have proceeded from the unmarried or Childlefs Men ; which, both in Affection and Means have married and endowed the Public. Yet it were great Reafon that thofe that have Children fhould have greateft Care of future Times ;... | |
 | William Acton - 1858 - 178 pages
...are most efficiently performed by these classes (the unmarried); and although the proposition, 'that the best works, and of the greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men,' may not be absolutely true as it is put by Bacon, they have unquestionably contributed... | |
 | James Grant - Scotland - 1858 - 426 pages
...for sale. CHAPTER IV. LADY MAGDALENE'S DEATH. " HE that hath a wife and children," says Lord Bacon, " hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or of mischief :" but the future life of Montrose proved the fallacy of this aphorism. In those days,... | |
 | James Grant - Scotland - 1853 - 424 pages
...for sale. CHAPTER IV. LADY MAGDALENE'S DEATH. " HE that hath a wife and children," says Lord Bacon, " hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or of mischief :" but the future life of Montrose proved the fallacy of this aphorism. In those days,... | |
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