 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 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 crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.5 But that which is specially to be noted is, that those which (as Cicero says of Pompey) 1... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...good of their affairs. Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof, 22 a depraved thing—it is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave...made room for him. It is the wisdom of crocodiles, 23 that shed tears when they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is, that those which... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...them, and profit themselves ; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. 4o Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...digged and made room for him. It is the wisdom of 45 crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is,... | |
 | Navy - 1878 - 154 pages
...the paltry satisfaction of being cleverer than your neighbours, or gaining the victory in argument. "Wisdom for a man's self is in many branches thereof a depraved thing," says Lord Bacon. " It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 272 pages
...them, and profit themselves ; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. 40 Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...digged and made room for him. It is the wisdom of 45 crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is,... | |
 | Theophilus Dwight Hall - English language - 1880 - 228 pages
...king and country. It is a poor centre of a man's actions, himself. . . . Wisdom for a man's self J is, in many branches thereof, a depraved thing.§...wisdom of rats,|| that will be sure to leave a house some time before it fall ; it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger vtho digged and... | |
 | Thomas Fowler - Philosophy - 1881 - 222 pages
...depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it falls. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the...crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour." . . . . " An ant is a wise creature for itself, but it is a shrewd thing in an orchard or garden. And... | |
 | Thomas Fowler - Philosophy - 1881 - 254 pages
...been so apt a disciple as Dr. Abbott supposes, what actually occur are such expressions as these : "Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it falls. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made room for him.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1881 - 292 pages
...them, and profit themselves ; and for either respect they will abandon the good of their affairs. 4o Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof, a depraved thing. It is the wisdom 0f rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that... | |
 | Francis Bacon, William Shakespeare, Mrs. Henry Pott - 1883 - 698 pages
...labouring i' the winter. (Lear, ii. 4.) Self-love is the most prohibited sin in the canon. (All's W. \. 1.) Wisdom for a man's self is in many branches thereof...be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall. (Ess. Of Wisd.) They prepar'd A rotten carcass of a boat, . . . the very rats Instinctively have quit... | |
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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. 
