I CANNOT call riches better than the baggage of virtue; the Roman word is better, "impedimenta;" for as the baggage is to an army, so is riches to virtue ; it cannot be spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march; yea, and the care of it sometimes... Types of the Essay - Page 243edited by - 1921 - 373 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...army, so is riches to virtue: it cannot be spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth...be in the distribution ; the rest is but conceit. IBID. BE not penny wise; riches have wings, and sometimes they fly away of themselves, and some* times... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...army, so is riches to virtue ; it cannot be spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth...conceit; so saith Solomon ; " Where much is, there arc many " to consume it ; and what hath the owner " but the sight of it with his eyes }" The personal... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 pages
...army, so are riches to virtue. It cannot be spared, nor left behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth...the rest is but conceit. So saith Solomon ; Where muck is, there are many to consume it ; and what hath the owner, but the sight of it with his eyes... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...army, so is riches to virtue; it cannot be spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory; of great riches there is DO real use, except it be in the distribution; the rest is but conceit; so saith Solomon, "Where much... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822 - 234 pages
...behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the vietory ; of great riches there is no real use, except it be...what hath the owner but the sight of it with his eyes 1" The personal fruition in any man cannot reach to feel great riches : there is a custody of them... | |
| William Phillips - 1824 - 44 pages
...army, so are riches to virtue. It cannot be spared or left behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth...be in the distribution, the rest is but conceit." An author of more modern times has observed, that — " Avarice hangs like a dead weight upon the soul,... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...so is riches to virtue ; it cannot be spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march; yea,'and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the...rest is but conceit; so saith Solomon, " Where much " is,there are many to consume it; and what hath the " owner but the sight of it with his eyes ?" The... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...army, so is riches to virtue ; it cannot be spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth...distribution ; the rest is but conceit ; so saith Solomon, " Wljere much " is, there are many to consume it ; and what hath the " owner but the sight of it with... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 pages
...all means avoided. Hooker. The spoil got on the Antiates Was not distributed. Shafutpeare. Corwitima. ng ) Bacon's Essays. If Justice will take all, and nothing give. Justice mcthinks is not distributive. Drydcn.... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 pages
...army, so is riches to virtue; it cannot be spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth...consume it ; and what hath the owner but the sight of it \vith his eyes ?" The personal fruition in any man cannot reach to feel great riches : there is a custody... | |
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