 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 - Page 42by Thomas Fowler - 1881 - 202 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...so there are some that are good in canvasses and factions, that are otherwise weak men. LORD BACOS. WISDOM for a man's self, is, in many branches thereof,...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...please them, and profit themselves; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 302 pages
...please them, and profit themselves ; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. 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... | |
 | George William MacArthur Reynolds - 1817 - 192 pages
...sorrow, — but with the determination to hasten to Guernsey and see Emily without delay CHAPTER LIII. Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof, a depraved thing ; it is the wisdom of nits, that will be sine to leave a house some time before It falls; It is the *visdom of the fox, that... | |
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...please them, and profit themselves ; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. Wisdom for a man's self is in many branches thereof...is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave the house some time before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger, who digged... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...please them, and profit themselves ; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. Wisdom for a man's self is in many branches thereof...is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave the house some time before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger, who digged... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 582 pages
...please them, and profit themselves : and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. Wisdom for a man's self is in many branches thereof...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...please them, and profit themselves; and for either re*pect they will abandon the good of their affairs. 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... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 414 pages
...please them, and profit themselves ; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. 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... | |
 | English literature - 1842 - 614 pages
...question, but there is no controversy at all about their wisdom. " VVisdom for a man's self," says Bacon, " is in many branches thereof a depraved thing: it is...wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house sometime before it fall." We should be curious to meet with the work of Rorarius, were it only to ascertain... | |
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