 Nay, retire men cannot when they would; neither will they when it were reason; but are impatient of privateness, even in age and sickness, which require the shadow: like old townsmen that will be still sitting at their street door, though thereby they...  Philosophical works - Page 268by Francis Bacon - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - Ethics - 1856 - 430 pages
...that which I have heard our old men relate to have been commonly .--aid by Archytas of Tarentum,f and 'cum non sis qui fueris non esse cur velis vivere.'...it were reason, but are impatient of privateness, evcn in age and sickness which require the shadow; like old townsmen that will he still sitting at... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...were reason,* but are impatient of privateness,6 even in age and sickness, which require the shadow ;7 like old townsmen, that will be still sitting at their...scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy, for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1857 - 578 pages
...were reason,6 but are impatient of privateness,6 even in age and sickness, which require the shadow;7 like old townsmen, that will be still sitting at their...scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy, for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...velis vivere : [When a man feels that he is no longer what he was, he loses all his interest in life.] Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will...scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions, to think themselves happy ; for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing...require the shadow : like old townsmen, that will !>•; still sitting at their street door, though thereby they offer age to scorn. Certainly great... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - English essays - 1861 - 630 pages
...is a melancholy thing : ' Cum non sis qui fueris non esse cur velis vivere." Nay, men cannot retire when they would, neither will they when it were reason,'...even in age and sickness, which require the shadow ;7 like old townsmen, that will be still sitting at their street door, though thereby they offer age... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...velis vivere: [When a man feels that he is no longer what he was, he loses all his interest in life.] Nay, retire men cannot when they would, neither will...scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions, to think themselves happy ; for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot... | |
 | Gems - English poetry - 1866 - 168 pages
...regress is either a downfal, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing. Nay, men cannot retire when they would, neither will they when it were reason,...like old townsmen that will be still sitting at their street-door, though thereby they offer age to scorn. Certainly great persons had need to borrow other... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...either a downfall, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing: " Cum non sis quifueris, [5] non es.se cur velis vivere ?" Nay, retire men cannot...townsmen, that will be still sitting at their street door, [6] though thereby they offer age to scorn. Certainly [4.] The standing : Where ? Regress : Synonyme... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1868 - 368 pages
...men relate to have been commonly said by Archytas of Tarentum,2 and vivere." Nay, retire men can not when they would, neither will they when it were reason,...scorn. Certainly, great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy, for if they judge by their own feeling they can not... | |
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