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He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.


Francis Bacon Sr.

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FRANCIS BACON He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great ...
FRANCIS BACON He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune.
SORCHA MACMURROUGH He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great ent...
FRANCIS BACON Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.
DAVID MALLET Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
GEORGE HERBERT I have a wife, I have sons; all these hostages have I given to fortune.
F. L. LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons; all these hostages have I given to fortune
LUCAN Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, an...
BIBLE He that hath a wife and children must not sit with his fingers in his mouth
PROVERB If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these ...
BIBLE For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath n...
BIBLE Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
BIBLE He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
GEORGE HERBERT Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not sha...
BIBLE Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge Such as...
SOPHOCLES Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not sha...
BIBLE Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not sha...
BIBLE He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him...
BIBLE He who doth not smoke hath either known no great griefs, or refuseth himself the softest consolation...
EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
GEORGE HERBERT He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in th...
BIBLE Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, ...
BIBLE Pittacus said, "Every one of you hath his particular plague, and my wife is mine; and he is very hap...
PLUTARCH Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless an...
HENRY VAUGHAN Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless an...
HENRY VAUGHAN They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that t...
BIBLE For policies, industries, strong towns, and fortifications, it is the mirror of virtue and the garde...
WILLIAM LITHGOW He hath not fed of the dainties that are bred in a book; he hath not eat paper, as it were; he hath ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unr...
BIBLE For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
BIBLE It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
BIBLE We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI The facebook was responsible for his marriage and the same facebook was responsible for his divorce,...
DR HITESH C SHETH He hath no power that hath not power to use.
PHILIP JAMES BAILEY He that hath lands hath quarrells.
GEORGE HERBERT All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either upon an art, or upon a man. - ...
FRANCIS BACON The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of ...
BIBLE He that hath the grace of God, hath wealth enough.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty ve...
BIBLE The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he...
BIBLE I am a man whom fortune hath cruelly scratched.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
GEORGE HERBERT I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate.
LUCAN He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
GEORGE HERBERT Thus God's children are immorall whiles their Father hath anything for them to do on earth.
THOMAS FULLER He hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a book; he hath not eat paper, as it were; he hat...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O my love, my wife!
Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath
Hath had no power yet ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I think that was very important to Bacon... personally. I think he went to great efforts to get a ho...
MARK RYLANCE He is truly great who hath a great charity.
THOMAS A KEMPIS As to his Wife, John minds St. Paul, He's one/ That hath a Wife, and is as if he'd none.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Jealousy is the fuel that hath burn or hath yearn
DANIEL ROBERT O'NEILL He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
BIBLE For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
BIBLE For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest ...
BIBLE For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
BIBLE He hath eaten me out of house and home; he hath put all of my substance into that fat belly of his.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He who hath many friends hath none.
ARISTOTLE And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his r...
BIBLE He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
GEORGE HERBERT He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
GEORGE HERBERT For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition betw...
BIBLE Pray God in the bowels of his mercy to send you his Holy Spirit; for he hath given you his great gif...
JANE GREY And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his pl...
BIBLE Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
GEORGE HERBERT He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A faithful friend is a strong defense: and he that hath found one hath found a treasure.
BIBLE A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, ...
WILLIAM BLAKE A faithful friend is a strong defense;
And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON Sir, he hath not fed of the dainties that are bred in a book; He hath not eat paper, as it were; he ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he repents himself of time.
GEORGE HERBERT I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pie...
BIBLE A faithful friend is a strong defense, and he that hath found such a one hath found a treasure.
BIBLE Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
GEORGE HERBERT He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
BIBLE Be it art or hap, he hath spoken true.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE God hath given you one face, and you make yourself another.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is fur...
BIBLE And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said,...
BIBLE Time hath a wallet at his back, wherein he puts. Alms for oblivion, a great-sized monster of ingrati...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
BIBLE The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
BIBLE And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abid...
BIBLE He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.
JOHN LYLY ...I will go and do what the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments un...
BOOK OF MORMON The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he ...
BIBLE What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? / For if Abr...
BIBLE Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which...
BIBLE He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man. He that is ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He threatens many that hath injured one.
BEN JONSON He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
GEORGE HERBERT He threatens many that hath injured one.
SAMUEL JOHNSON For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE There was a man bespake a think, Which when the owner home did bring, He that made it did refu...
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FRANCIS BACON Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and fitter for...
FRANCIS BACON Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress.
FRANCIS BACON For knowledge, too, is itself a power. [Lat., Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.]
FRANCIS BACON Knowledge bloweth up, but charity buildeth up.
FRANCIS BACON Knowledge and human power are synonymous, since the ignorance of the cause frustrates the effect.
FRANCIS BACON For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure in itsel...
FRANCIS BACON If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us.
FRANCIS BACON So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top. [Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virg...
FRANCIS BACON States are great engines moving slowly.
FRANCIS BACON They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body;...
FRANCIS BACON Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and soli...
FRANCIS BACON The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused m...
FRANCIS BACON If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin wit...
FRANCIS BACON Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
FRANCIS BACON The general root of superstition : namely, that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss;...
FRANCIS BACON Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
FRANCIS BACON If money be not they servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to ...
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