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 Copner - 1882 - 208 Seiten
...success. Thus Lord Bacon says in his Essays, " He that hath a 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 to the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
| 1882 - 1434 Seiten
...ALEX. SMITH — A Life Drama. St. 2. MATRIMONY, He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages rags a labo %W d. BACON— Essays. Of Marriage and Single Life. My fond affection thou hast seen, Then judge of my... | |
| Philip Stewart Robinson - 1882 - 480 Seiten
...humanity— make always the best public servants. " He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." And again, "Charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool." The dog, therefore,... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 558 Seiten
...he can to impair another's.' Of marriage, — •He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.' And, — 'Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands.' Again,—... | |
| Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1883 - 304 Seiten
...are disinherited, f 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 - 1883 - 236 Seiten
...disinherited. VIII. -OP 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... | |
| Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 Seiten
...fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.1 Ibid. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Essay viii. Of Marriage and Single Life. 1 As aromatic plants bestow No spicy fragrance while they... | |
| 1884 - 910 Seiten
...Self-denial for the Cause — Personal Appearance. " 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 pnblie have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 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. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
| Daniel Greenleaf Thompson - 1884 - 634 Seiten
...she may please her husband.' Saith Bacon :2 ' He that hath a 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... | |
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