 | Suzy Platt - Quotations, English - 1992 - 550 pages
...ruing of a slum. H. o. WELLS, The Fate of Man, chapter 26, p. 247 (1939, reprinted 1970). Marriage 1163 He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...affection and means have married and endowed the public. ... He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question, when a man should marry—... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Reference - 1993 - 1214 pages
...(1906-75), German-bom US political philosopher. The Ни/тип Condition, pt. 5, ch. 33 (1958), 3 be FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626). English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, 'Of Marriage and Single... | |
 | Anna G. Jónasdóttir - Political Science - 1994 - 328 pages
...Single Life," in which his main message aimed at dissuading men from marrying and having children since: He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...affection and means, have married and endowed the public. He continues as if to counter an obvious objection: Yet it were great reason that those that have children... | |
 | Dean Keith Simonton - Psychology - 1994 - 518 pages
...aware of the terrific costs of marriage and family in the pursuit of excellence. Francis Bacon warned: He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...affection and means, have married and endowed the public. If Bacon advised ambitious men to shy away from domestic commitments, how much more this advice applies... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft - History - 1995 - 396 pages
...[Matthew 18: 21-2.] families, speaking of the majority. 'He that hath wife and children,' says Lord Bacon, 'hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments...public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men.'22 I say the same of women. But, the welfare of society is not built on extraordinary exertions;... | |
 | Naomi Zack - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 268 pages
...worst traits critics have ascribed to male scientists. Part Two The New Identities Four Bachelors in Life He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...affection and means have married and endowed the public. — FRANCIS BACON, "Of Marriage and the Single Life" Descartes, Hobbes, Boyle, Locke, and Newton were... | |
 | Michael Williams - Conflict management - 1998 - 262 pages
...consanguinity that bind families together. They are also a statement of fact, as expressed in Bacon's essay "Of Marriage and Single Life": "He that hath wife...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Here are some of the ways that separating spouses can find their children "impediments to enterprises".... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence is a man's self'. 721 Essays 'Of Marriage and the these so lonely and poor of old. 722 Essays 'Of Marriage and the Single Life' Wives are young men's mistresses, companlons for middle... | |
 | Bert Almon - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 490 pages
...title chosen has exactly the right emphasis. The source is Lord Bacon's essay "Of Marriage and the Single Life": "He that hath wife and children hath...great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." At first the title makes us think of the hostages themselves: Ben's son, Anthony, and wife, Cathy.... | |
 | Miriam E. David - Sex discrimination against women - 1998 - 228 pages
...important than the job. I realize that men down the ages have faced similar obstacles. Francis Bacon writes 'he that hath wife and children hath given hostages...to great enterprises either of virtue or mischief.' But men usually manage to fit the family round the career if only because they can earn more. It is... | |
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HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. 
