 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 lapas
...will be fure to leave the Houfe fotne time before it fall. It is the Wifdom of the FOJC, that thrufts out the Badger, who digged and made room for him. It is the Wifdom of Crocodiles, that fhed tears when they would devour. But that which is fpecially to be noted,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 lapas
...depraved thing: it is the 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...times unfortunate; and whereas they have all their time sacrificed to themselves, they become in the end themselves sacrifices to the inconstancy of fortune,... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 lapas
...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...times unfortunate. And whereas they have all their time sacrificed to themselves, they become, in the end, themselves sacrifices to the inconstancy of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 lapas
...depraved thing ; it is the 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...that those which, (as Cicero says of Pompey,) are, " sni amantes sine rivali," are many times unfortunate, and whereas they have all their time sacrificed... | |
 | George William MacArthur Reynolds - 1817 - 192 lapas
...leave a house some time before It falls; It is the *visdom of the fox, that thrusts out the hadger who digged, and made room for him ; it is the wisdom of crocodiles, that shed teara when they would devour. BACON. ON the morning following Hunter's departure — and which was... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 lapas
...depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave the house some time before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the...is, that those which (as Cicero says of Pompey) are " self-lovers without rivals," are many times unfortunate. And whereas they have all their time sacrificed... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 lapas
...depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave the house some time before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the...is, that those which (as Cicero says of Pompey) are " self-lovers without rivals," are many times unfortunate. And whereas they have all their time sacrificed... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 lapas
...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...times unfortunate. And whereas they have all their time sacrificed to themselves, they become in the end themselves sacrifices to the inconstancy of fortune,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 lapas
...depraved thing : it is the 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...(as Cicero says of Pompey) are, " sui amantes, sine rival!," are many times unfortunate ; and whereas they have all their time sacrificed to themselves,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 lapas
...depraved thing: it is the 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...times unfortunate; and whereas they have all their time sacrificed to themselves, they become in the end themselves sacrifices to the inconstancy of fortune,... | |
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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... 
