 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...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...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
...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...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 (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...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...any man cannot reach to feel great riches : there la a custody of them ; or a power of dole and donative of them ; or a fame of them ; but no solid use... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...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...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 (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 - Finance, Personal - 1824 - 44 pages
...cannot be spared or left behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches there is...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 - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...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...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
...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...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 - Aeronautics - 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 - English essays - 1833 - 228 pages
...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...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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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... 
