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A person with a spouse and children has given hostages to fortune, since they hinder great enterprises
Drawn from what Francis Bacon said
What Francis Bacon actually said
- Francis Bacon English philosopher, lawyer and statesman (1561 to 1626)
HE THAT hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.
Where this was said
↗The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625 edition)gutenberg.org
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