Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress. — Francis Bacon
Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress.
In the original Latin
Divitiae bona ancilla, pessima domina.
1605
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Current citation
Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 6, ch. 3, no. 6.
Original citation
Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 6, ch. 3, no. 6.
