He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments… — Francis Bacon
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men; which, both in affection and means, have married and endowed the public.
Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral · 1625
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Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Marriage and Single Life." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.
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Bacon, Francis "Of Marriage and Single Life." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.
