 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. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made room for him. It...  Bacon: his writings and his philosphy - Page 52by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
![The New monthly magazine and universal register. [Continued as] The New ...](http://bks6.books.google.co.in/books?id=Uz8FAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl "The New monthly magazine and universal register. [Continued as] The New ...") | 1842
...question, but there is no controversy at all about their wisdom. " VVisdom for a man's self," says Bacon, " is in many branches thereof a depraved thing: it is...wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house sometime before it fall." We should be curious to meet with the work of Rorarius, were it only to ascertain... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825
...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,...they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is, that those which (as Cicero says of Pompey) are, " sui amantes, sine rivali," are many times... | |
 | Francis Bacon - History - 1825
...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,...they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is, that those which (as Cicero says of Pompey) axe, "sui amantes, sine rivali," are many times... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825
...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^...that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fell : it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made room for him :... | |
![Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs]. 1st Amer. ed](http://bks8.books.google.co.in/books?id=8MoDAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl "Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs]. 1st Amer. ed") | Laconics - 1829
...should fear; AVill come when it will come. Seeing that death, a necessary end, DCCCIV. Shakspeare, Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house sometime before it fall: it is the •wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger who digged and... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829
...should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come. Shafexpeare. DCCCIV. Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof,...wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house sometime before it fall: it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger who digged and made... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832
...JANUARY. i Wisdom for a nun's self ii the wisdom of rats, that will be sore to leave a house sometime before it fall : it IS the wisdom of the fox, that...the badger, who digged and made room for him : it u the wisdom of crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour. Bacon. Scti! THE Emperor, Flavius... | |
 | George Edmonds (of Birmingham.) - 1832
...is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leane a house sometime before it falls; it is thewistiom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made room for him; and it is the wisdom of crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour: BUT those who are sui amnnte... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 216 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 a depraved thing : it is the wisdom ot rats, that will be sure to leave a house sometime before it fall : it is the wisdom of the fox,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - History - 1834
...in the edition of 1625 with the following extract, not to be found in the previous edition : — " Wisdom for a man's self is in many branches thereof...they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is, that those which, as Cicero says of Pompey, are sui amantes nine rivali, are many times unfortunate.... | |
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