 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...an army, so is riches to virtue ; it cannot be spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the inarch ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth...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:... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...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...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
...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...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.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...for as the 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...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...for as the 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...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...as the 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...there are many to consume it; and what hath the owner, but the sight of it with his eyes ? The perso•nal fruition in any man, cannot reach to feel great... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...For as the 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...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
...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...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... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...nor left behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or diaturbeth the victory; of great riches there is no real use,,...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... | |
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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... 
