 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...  A Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding - Page 131by John Locke - 1849 - 132 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1859 - 176 pages
...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 loseth...what hath the owner but the sight of it with his eyes ?g The personal fruition in any man cannot reach to feel great riches : there is a custody of them... | |
 | 1859 - 802 pages
...except it be in the distribution ; the rest is but fancy or conceit: "Where much is," says Solomon, " there are many to consume it ; and what hath the owner,...sight of it with his eyes ?" The personal fruition iu any man cannot reach the point of sensible enjoyment of wealth ; you cannot feel great riches ;... | |
 | John Baillie - 1859 - 324 pages
...baggage is to an army, so is 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 the victory." Never was combatant more keenly sensitive to this " weight " than Augustine. " To you, who are God's... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pages
...so is riches to '•.,••'-•••• .It cannot be spared, nor left behinde ; but it hindreth the March, yea and the care of it sometimes loseth...disturbeth the victory. Of great Riches there is no reall vse, except it bee in the distribution : the rest is but conceit. So saith Salomon : Where much... | |
 | Edward Payson Tenney - 1862 - 272 pages
...The wings of wealth cannot be counted : we look, and it is gone. Where much is, there are many things to consume it; and what hath the owner but the sight of it with his eyes? It is like grasping snow in the hand : the harder it is pressed, the sooner it melts. The rich man's... | |
 | Samuel Martin - 1863 - 352 pages
...baggage is to an 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...it be in the distribution, the rest is but conceit. Certainly, great riches have sold more men than they have bought out." Jeremy Taylor says, "Eiches... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1863 - 254 pages
...nor left behind, yet it hindereth the march. Yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbcth the victory : of great riches there is no real use, except it bo in the distribution; the rest is but conceit." nature, and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy... | |
 | Wise sayings - 1864 - 394 pages
...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 loseth...be in the distribution ; the rest is but conceit. Essay on Riches. — LORD BACON. RICHES. Value of Riches are valuable at all times, and to all men,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...baggage is to an Arraie, so is riches to vertue : It cannot be spared, nor left behinde ; but it hindreth the March, yea and the care of it sometimes loseth...disturbeth the victory. Of great Riches there is no reall vse, except it bee in the distribution : the rest is but conceit. So saith Salomon : Where much... | |
 | 1864 - 704 pages
...baggage is to an army, so are riches to V1rtue. It cannot be spared, nor left behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Great riches have sold more men than they have . Seek not proud riches ; but such as thou get justly,... | |
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