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... Notable Thoughts about Women: A Literary Mosaic - Seite 32von Maturin Murray Ballou - 1882 - 409 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| James McGrigor Allan - 1860 - 144 Seiten
...comprehension and sympathy from the world. " He that hath wife and children," says Bacon, " hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises either of virtue or mischief. Certainly, the best works and of the greatest merit for the public have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 Seiten
...disinherited. VIII. Or MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly1 the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried... | |
| James McGrigor Allan - 1862 - 300 Seiten
...Bacon has decided in favor of the latter. He says, " He that hath wife or children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of the greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
| 1862 - 364 Seiten
...pursuit. Sir Francis Bacon says, with much truth : " A man 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... | |
| John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 Seiten
...Act II. Scene 1. (Shallow to Host.) HOSTA GES.—He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. LORD BACON. — Essay VIII., Of Marriage and Single Life. He that hath a wife and children, wants not... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 Seiten
...of it. ESSAY Till. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. 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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 Seiten
...disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly1 the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried... | |
| John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 Seiten
...King. Act v. Sc. 4. FRANCIS BACON. 1561-1626. He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Essag viii. Of Marriage and Single Life. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some... | |
| Florence Marryat - 1866 - 340 Seiten
...opinion of Lord Bacon, Miss Tredman, where he says," He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to Fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." ' The actress shook her head laughingly. ' You must not attack me with any but dramatic quotations,... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 Seiten
...disinherited. ESSAY XXIX. MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and children hath given hos- [1] tages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises either of virtue or mischief. Certainly [2] the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
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