IT cannot be denied, but outward accidents conduce much to fortune ; favour, opportunity, death of others, occasion fitting virtue. But chiefly, the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands. The Maxims of Francis Guicciardini - Page 51by Francesco Guicciardini - 1845 - 158 pagesFull view - About this book
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...effectual Means are now applied to the Ends leart to be defired. L Of XL. Of Fortune. IT cannot be denied, but outward accidents conduce much to Fortune : Favour, Opportunity, Death of others, Occafion fitting Vertue. But chiefly the mould of a Mans Fortune is in his own hands. Faher quifque... | |
| Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1720 - 556 pages
...Of FonTurt I. The Favour of the Great Ones, Opportunity, Death of others, Oecafion fuiting a Man's Virtue. But chiefly, the Mould of a Man's FORTUNE is in his own Hands. Faber qut/que Fortune fae, faith the Comedian. And the moft frequent of External Caufes is, That the... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...most effectual means are now applied to the ends least to be desired. OF jFortune, IT cannot be denied but outward accidents conduce much to fortune; favour,...the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands: " Faber quisque fortunae suae," saith the poet; and the most frequent of external causes is, that the... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...most effectual means are now applied to the ends least to be desired. OF FORTUNE. IT cannot be denied but outward accidents conduce much to fortune; favour,...the mould of a man's fortune is in his. own hands ; " Faber quisque fortunae SUEB," saith the poet; and the most frequent of external causes is, that... | |
| Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...most effectual means are now applied to the ends least to be desired. ^Fortunr. 1.T cannot be denied, but outward accidents conduce much to Fortune : favour,...the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands. " Every man is the maker of his own Fortune," saith the poet. And the ny>st frequent of external causes... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...that the most effectual means are now applied to the. ends least to be desired. JT cannot be denied, but outward accidents conduce much to Fortune : favour,...the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands. " Every man is the maker of his own Fortune," saith the poet. And the ny>st frequent of external causes... | |
| Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...effectual means are now applied to the ends least to be desired. XL. OF FORTUNE. IT cannot be denied but outward accidents conduce much to fortune : favour,...others, occasion fitting virtue. But chiefly, the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands. Faber quisque fortunce sucs ; saith the poet. And the... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...effectual means are now applied to the ends least to be desired. XLI. OF FORTUNE. IT cannot be denied but outward accidents conduce much to fortune; favour,...the. mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands: " Faber quisque fortunes suae," saith the poet; and the most frequent of external causes is, that the... | |
| British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...effectual means are now applied to the ends least to be desired. XLl. OF FORTUNE. IT cannot be denied but outward accidents conduce much to fortune ; favour,...chiefly, the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands : " Faber quisque fortunae suae," saith the poet ; and the most frequent of external canses is, that... | |
| English literature - 1845 - 396 pages
...the religious yoke so long imposed upon the world. The passage given by the translator from Bacon, " chiefly the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands," is not only not a parallel to any thing in Guicciardini, but is an age in advance of his philosophy.... | |
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