...opinion — not an argument. The same is true of the following oft-quoted aphorism of Francis Bacon: He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprise, either of virtue or mischief. Rather than offering reasons why, in his view, women and...

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...However, in Of Marriage and Single Life Bacon's support of marriage is rather more equivocal. He writes, 'He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.'59 It becomes clear that marriage is a form of social control more suited to some social...

...SINGLE LIFE HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages0 to fortune; for they are impediments0 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; which0 both in affection"...

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...still a harmful intrusion is having a family life. Francis Bacon (1597/1942) put the problem this way: He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...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...

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