 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, loseth or disturbeth the victory : of great riches, there is no real use, except it be in...  The Essays of Francis Bacon - Page 144by Francis Bacon - 1901 - 273 pagesFull view - About this book
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...yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory; of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution; 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... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches, there is no real use, except it 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
...yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory ; of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution; the rest is but conceit; so saith Solomon ; " Where much is, there arc many " to consume it ; and what hath the owner " but the sight... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great Riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution, 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...real use, except it be in the distribution ; 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 ? The personal fruition in any man, cannot reach to feel great riches : there is a custody of them; or a... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution ; 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
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 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or diaturbeth the victory; of great riches there is no real use,, except it be in the distribution ; 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822 - 234 pages
...there is no real use, except it be in the distribution ; 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 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
...yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches there is no real use, except it 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,... | |
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