 Men in great place are thrice servants — servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business ; so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire to seek...  Bacon's Essays: With Annotations - Page 105by Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1858 - 588 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...servants of fame ; and servants of business. So as they have no freedom, neither in their persons nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange...indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, • Amare et sapere vix Deo conceditur. Pub. Syr. Sent. 15. (AL ii. prooe. 15.) and the regress is... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Ethics - 1854 - 894 pages
...servants of fame ; and servants of business : so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor ed friends, and allowed others likewise to and the regress is cither a downfal, or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing. " Cum non... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - Ethics - 1855 - 374 pages
...in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire to seek power and lose liberty, or to seek power over others and to...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 ; ' cum non... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1855 - 376 pages
...servants of fame, and servants of business, so as they have no freedom neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire to seek power and lose liberty, or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self. The rising unto place... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...servants of fame, and servants of business; so as' they have no freedom, neither* in their persons, nor* in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange...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 : ' Cum non... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1856 - 406 pages
...servants of fame, and servants of business ; so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange...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 : " Cum non... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1856 - 368 pages
...in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire to seek power and lose liberty, or to seek power over others and to...come to greater pains, and it is sometimes base and bv indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regrcsis either a downfall... | |
 | English literature - 1856 - 594 pages
...may be seen in the impressive after-testimony of the illustrious Chancellor : — ' The rising into place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater...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. Certainly... | |
 | English literature - 1856 - 668 pages
...may be seen in the impressive after-testimony of the illustrious Chancellor : — ' The rising into place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater...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 tiling. Certainly... | |
 | English literature - 1856 - 590 pages
...may be seen in the impressive after-testimony of the illustrious Chancellor : — ' The rising into place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater...indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall, or at least an echpse, which is a melancholy thing. Certainly... | |
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