 Nay, retire men cannot when they would; neither will they when it were reason; but are impatient of privateness, even in age and sickness, which require the shadow: like old townsmen that will be still sitting at their street door, though thereby they...  Philosophical works - Seite 268von Francis Bacon - 1854Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 Seiten
...least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing : " Cum non sis qui fueris, non esse cur velis vivere." 2 Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will...will be still sitting at their street door, though 1 Montaigne has treated this subject before Bacon, under the title of De Pincommodite de la Grandeur,... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 456 Seiten
...vivere* ? Nay, retire men cannot when they would ; neither will they when it were reason : but arc impatient of privateness, even in age and sickness,...scorn. Certainly, great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy ; for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 650 Seiten
...men cannot when they would; neither will they when it were reason : but are impatient of privatcncss, even in age and sickness, which require the shadow...scorn. Certainly, great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy ; for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1856 - 430 Seiten
...that which I have heard our old men relate to have been commonly .--aid by Archytas of Tarentum,f and 'cum non sis qui fueris non esse cur velis vivere.'...it were reason, but are impatient of privateness, evcn in age and sickness which require the shadow; like old townsmen that will he still sitting at... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 Seiten
...were reason,* but are impatient of privateness,6 even in age and sickness, which require the shadow ;7 like old townsmen, that will be still sitting at their...scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy, for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 Seiten
...were reason,6 but are impatient of privateness,6 even in age and sickness, which require the shadow;7 like old townsmen, that will be still sitting at their...scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy, for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 Seiten
...velis vivere : [When a man feels that he is no longer what he was, he loses all his interest in life.] Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will...scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions, to think themselves happy ; for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 Seiten
...indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing...require the shadow : like old townsmen, that will !>•; still sitting at their street door, though thereby they offer age to scorn. Certainly great... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1861 - 630 Seiten
...is a melancholy thing : ' Cum non sis qui fueris non esse cur velis vivere." Nay, men cannot retire when they would, neither will they when it were reason,'...even in age and sickness, which require the shadow ;7 like old townsmen, that will be still sitting at their street door, though thereby they offer age... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 Seiten
...velis vivere: [When a man feels that he is no longer what he was, he loses all his interest in life.] Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will...scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions, to think themselves happy ; for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
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