 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...  Plain Living and High Thinking: A New Year Homily - Page 28by Theodore Thornton Munger - 1897 - 61 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Baillie - 1859 - 320 pages
...says, "is better; for, as the baggage is to an army, so is riches to virtue — it cannot be spared or left behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sonletimes loscth or disturbeth the victory." Never was combatant more keenly sensitive to this " weight"... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pages
...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...spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march ; 2 yea and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches there is no... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1863 - 254 pages
...better; for as the baggage to an army, so are riches to virtue. It cannot be spared, nor left behind, yet it hindereth the march. Yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbcth the victory : of great riches there is no real use, except it bo in the distribution; the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...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...spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march ; 3 yea and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches there is no... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 694 pages
...riches better than the baggage of virtue ; the JL Roman word is better — impedimenta y1 ,for as the baggage is to an army, so is riches to virtue —...march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturb eth. the victory. Of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution ;... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pages
...than the baggage of virtue; the -•- Roman word is better — impedimenta f for as the baggage IB to an army, so is riches to virtue — it cannot be...but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it Bometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 988 pages
...virtue; the Boman word is better — impedimenta (hindrances) ; for as the baggage is to an army, во is riches to virtue, — it cannot be spared nor left...behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the caro of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. Of great riches there is no great use, excefit... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 pages
...Pieced] Eked. 4 Destitute} Lat. Destituere, to abandon. 5 Commiserable] To be commiserated ; pitiable. to an army, so is riches to virtue : it cannot be...march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbetl! the victory. Of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution ; the... | |
 | Jean Middlemass - 1873 - 338 pages
...baggage of virtue. For as the baggage is to an army, so are riches to virtue. It cannot be spared or left behind, but it hindereth the march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth and disturbeth the victory.' " " Philosophical quotations — that is the line, is it ?" thought Mathilde.... | |
 | Newton Abbot College - 1875 - 354 pages
...be the end ? Suspicions among thoughts are like bats among birds, they ever fly by twilight. As the baggage is to an army so is riches to virtue : it...spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march. Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.... | |
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