 Men in great place are thrice servants : servants of the sovereign or state ; servants of fame; and servants of business : so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire, to seek...  Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately - Page 116by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Mrs Henry Pott - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1997 - 652 pages
...as they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times, . . . the rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains. (Ess. Of Gt. Place.) Princes .... have no rest. (Ess. Of Empire.) As the king is the greatest power,... | |
 | Perez Zagorin - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 286 pages
...servants of fame; and servants of business. So as they have no freedom; neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange...pains; and it is sometimes base; and by indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall, or at least... | |
 | 張信威 - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1998 - 226 pages
...'Suncne Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind. — Jf Kennedy 99 'Poiver It is a strange desire, to seek power and to lose...power over others and to lose power over a man's self. — T. 'Bacon The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. — £. •Burke Power tends to... | |
 | Charles Richmond, Paul Smith - History - 1998 - 212 pages
...tone and character of the maxims which attracted him. 'The Rising unto place', he notes from Essay XI, 'is Laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains; and it is sometimes base, and by indignities men come to dignities.'1' And he embraces the following notion of self-interest: Wisdom for a man's... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 669 pages
...of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business. 717 Essays 'Of Great Place' immortality. 1571 'The Dead' Honour has come back, as a k 718 Essays 'Of Great Place' Severity breedeth fear, but roughness breedeth hate. 719 Essays 'Of Innovations'... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Brian Vickers - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 216 pages
...its proper place 5 keep apart 6 interfere 7 impulse 8 creates freedom; neither in their persons,1 nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange...and to lose power over a man's self. The rising unto place2 is laborious; and by pains men come to greater pains; and it is sometimes base;3 and by indignities4... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Michael Kiernan - Biography & Autobiography - 1985 - 339 pages
...Servants of Fame; and Servants of Businesse. So as they have no Freedome; neither in their 5 Persons; nor in their Actions; nor in their Times. It is a strange desire, to seeke Power, and to lose Libertie; Or to seeke Power over others, and to loose Power over a Mans Selfe.... | |
 | Christopher Phillips - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 342 pages
...Special Collections and Archives, Margaret I. King Library, University of Kentucky, Lexington Confederate It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty. — Francis Bacon, Of Great Place The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.... | |
 | Lee Miller - History - 2000 - 362 pages
After 400 years, America's oldest mystery--the Lost Colony--is solved in this remarkable & gripping work of historical detection--spinning a tale of intrigue, sabotage, & murder. | |
 | J. C. D. Clark - History - 2002 - 356 pages
...Men, God is least beholden to Kings, for he doth most for them, and they do ordinarily least for him. It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty....over others, and to lose power over a Man's self. Certainly great Persons had need to borrow other Mens Opinion to think themselves happy, for if they... | |
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