 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1920 - 492 pages
...them and profit them-, selves; and for either respect9 they will abandon the good of their affairs. Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...digged and made room for him. It is the wisdom of crocodiles,10 that shed tears when they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is, that... | |
 | Edward Augustine Wyke-Smith - 1921 - 250 pages
...than he had expected, and even the saturnine Mr. Burgeon could not choose but smile. CHAPTER VII " Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats, that will be seen to leave a house somewhat before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger,... | |
 | 1923 - 384 pages
...second a statement of fact. The following paragraph, however, shows development in the true sense: Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it falls. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger who digged and made room for him. It... | |
 | 1923 - 764 pages
...second a statement of fact. The following paragraph, however, shows development in the true sense: Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it falls. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger who digged and made room for him. It... | |
 | Alfred Seabold Eli Ackermann - 1923 - 1010 pages
...Bacon lending his support to this fallacy, for in his Essay, " Of Wisdom for a Man's Self," he says, " It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall." The following paragraph appeared in Pearson's Weekly for October 9, 1897 :— " How DO BIRDS FORETELL... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 pages
...please them and profit themselves; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. ief of St. Veronica, on which the face of Jesus was...sail I8 seized 19 cross M brass и in the country 22 1 very 3 the earth, according to the Ptolemaic theory 3 not having the same centre as 4 a weight placed... | |
 | Louis Wann - 1926 - 564 pages
...of and a power to feign, if there be no their affairs. remedy. Wisdom for a man's self is in many 15 branches thereof a depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to OF WISDOM FOR A MAN'S SELF leave a house somewhat before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that... | |
 | 1915 - 1068 pages
...rest of the world." Francis Bacon In his "Essays" says : "Wisdom for a man's self is. In many hranches thereof, a depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats that will be sure tit leave a house somewhat before It falls. It is the wisdom of the fox that thrusts out the badger... | |
 | James Phinney Baxter - 1915 - 790 pages
...venemous, Weares yet a precious Jewell in his head. As You like It, 11, I. Rats quitting a fallen house It is the wisdom of rats that will be sure to leave a house before it fall. Essay on Wisdom Instinctively the very rats have quit it. Tempest, i, 2. Revealing... | |
 | Will Durant - 1965 - 736 pages
...circumstantially in Abbott's Francis Bacon; these would apply to him his own words: "Wisdom for a man's self is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it falls" (Essay "Of Wisdom for a Man's Self). The case for Bacon is given in Spedding's Life and Times... | |
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Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof, a depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall. 
