 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
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 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. IBID. BE not penny wise; riches have wings, and sometimes they fly away of themselves, and some* times... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 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...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 - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 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...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 - English essays - 1820 - 548 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...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1822 - 238 pages
...baggage i's 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 or disturbeth the vietory; of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution ; the rest is but conceit... | |
 | William Phillips - Finance, Personal - 1824 - 44 pages
...baggage is to an 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...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, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 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...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 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 - 1834 - 784 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 or disturbeth the victory." (a) Aul. Coq. Qy. (6) To Sir Robert Pye. Good Sir Robert Pye, — Let me intreat you to despatch that... | |
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