 But this is excellently expressed, that it is in imagination, and not always in fact. For certainly great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully,...  Plain Living and High Thinking: A New Year Homily - Page 31by Theodore Thornton Munger - 1897 - 61 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Fortunate men - 1884 - 192 pages
...few of us are careful to cultivate them in ourselves. — SPECTATOR. Wealth. Seek not proud wealth, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly. — LORD BACON. Wealth, The Passion for. The eloquent but often scorching Dr. South tells us of those... | |
 | Edward John Hardy - 1887 - 300 pages
...he should do so who eats more than is " convenient " for him. CHAPTER XVI. "MONEY is CHARACTER." " Seek not proud riches but such as thou mayest get...soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly." — Bacon. " Be ye good money changers." — Old Maxim. jjEVER treat money affairs with levity —... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 826 pages
...imagination, and not always in fact. For certainly great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get...soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly. Yet have no abstract nor friarly4 contempt of them. But distinguish, as Cicero saith well of Rabirius... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1887 - 326 pages
...imagination, and not always in fact ; for certainly great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and Jeave contentedly ; yet have no abstract nor friarly contempt of them, but distinguish, as Cicero saith... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - 1887 - 572 pages
...irili. ц. Kor certainly great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not prond ey lay obscure in' the chaos of pre-ordination, and night I of their Yet have no abstract nor friarly contempt of them : but distinguish, as Cicero saith well of Rabirius... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1888 - 306 pages
...and not always in fact: for, certainly, great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get...soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly; yet have no abstract nor friarly contempt of them; but distinguish as Cicero saith well of Rabirius... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1888 - 336 pages
...imagination, and not always in fact ; for certainly great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get...soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly ; yet have no abstract nor friarly contempt of them, but distinguish, as Cicero saith well of Rabirius... | |
 | George N. McLean - 1890 - 216 pages
...merchants who make trade sordid and harsh in all aspects. The Difference in Men. Lord Bacon advised: "Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get...soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly. " Wealth being the measure of success in business, a rich robber would seem more worthy of honor than... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 510 pages
...in fact. For certainly great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not proud 20 riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly. Yet have no abstract or friarly contempt of them. But distinguish, as Cicero saith well of Eabirius... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 456 pages
...: for certainly great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not proud riches 6, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave con- 20 tentedly ; yet have no abstract nor friarly d contempt of them ; but distinguish, as Cicero... | |
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