But this is excellently expressed, that it is in imagination, and not always in fact. For certainly great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully,... The Saturday Magazine - Página 441835Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Fortunate men - 1884 - 192 páginas
...few of us are careful to cultivate them in ourselves. — SPECTATOR. Wealth. Seek not proud wealth, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly. — LORD BACON. Wealth, The Passion for. The eloquent but often scorching Dr. South tells us of those... | |
| Edward John Hardy - 1887 - 300 páginas
...he should do so who eats more than is " convenient " for him. CHAPTER XVI. "MONEY is CHARACTER." " Seek not proud riches but such as thou mayest get...distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly." — Bacon. " Be ye good money changers." — Old Maxim. jjEVER treat money affairs with levity — money is character."... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1890 - 826 páginas
...imagination, and not always in fact. For certainly great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get...soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly. Yet have no abstract nor friarly4 contempt of them. But distinguish, as Cicero saith well of Rabirius... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1887 - 326 páginas
...imagination, and not always in fact ; for certainly great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and Jeave contentedly ; yet have no abstract nor friarly contempt of them, but distinguish, as Cicero saith... | |
| Robert Cochrane - 1887 - 572 páginas
...irili. ц. Kor certainly great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not prond ey lay obscure in' the chaos of pre-ordination, and night I of their Yet have no abstract nor friarly contempt of them : but distinguish, as Cicero saith well of Rabirius... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1888 - 336 páginas
...imagination, and not always in fact ; for certainly great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get...soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly ; yet have no abstract nor friarly contempt of them, but distinguish, as Cicero saith well of Rabirius... | |
| Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1888 - 306 páginas
...and not always in fact: for, certainly, great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get...soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly; yet have no abstract nor friarly contempt of them; but distinguish as Cicero saith well of Rabirius... | |
| George N. McLean - 1890 - 216 páginas
...merchants who make trade sordid and harsh in all aspects. The Difference in Men. Lord Bacon advised: "Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get...soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly. " Wealth being the measure of success in business, a rich robber would seem more worthy of honor than... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1890 - 510 páginas
...in fact. For certainly great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not proud 20 riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly. Yet have no abstract or friarly contempt of them. But distinguish, as Cicero saith well of Eabirius... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1890 - 456 páginas
...: for certainly great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not proud riches 6, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave con- 20 tentedly ; yet have no abstract nor friarly d contempt of them ; but distinguish, as Cicero... | |
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