 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. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made room for him. It...  Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Page 54by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
...them, and profit themselves ; and for either respect, they will abandon the good of their affairs. 2. Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...the badger, who digged and made room for him. It is tho wisdom of crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour, liut that which is specially to be... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1852 - 172 pages
...is the nature of self-lovers as they will set a house on fire and it. were but to roast their eggs. Wisdom for a man's self is in many branches thereof...be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall. Bacon. "Enlighten self-interest," cries the philosopher, "do but sufficiently enlighten it ! " —... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1852 - 394 pages
...edition of 1625, with the following extradt, not to be found in the previous edition : — " Wifdom for a Man's Self, is, in many Branches thereof, a depraved thing. It is the Wifdom of Rats , that will be fure to leave a Houfe, fomewhat before it fall. It is the Wifdom of the... | |
 | Gift books - 1852 - 336 pages
...have already observed as existing in the conception of Nina di Easelli. The remark of Bacon, that " wisdom for a man's self is in many branches thereof a depraved thing," is yet truer if it be said of a woman; Constance, after weeping, and doubting, and wondering, during... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...them, and profit themselves; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. 2. Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is, that those which (as Cicero says of Pompey) are sui amantes sine rivali,7 are many times... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1853 - 706 pages
...Query, How and when did this popular notion (now engrafted upon our political language) originate ? "It is the wisdom of crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour."] This saying seems to be derived from the belief, that the crocodile imitates the cry of children in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Ethics - 1854 - 894 pages
...please them, and profit themselves : and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. ive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds...them to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most tin-lists out the badger, who digged and made room for him. It is the wisdom of crocodiles, that shed... | |
 | British history - 1855 - 482 pages
...all things that have affinity with the heavens, move upon the centre of another which they benefit. "Wisdom for a man's self, is, in many branches thereof,...wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house sometime before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made... | |
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