Quotation from Essays by Francis Bacon

Bacon's famous observation that family ties restrain ambition for good and ill.

Citation: "HE THAT hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief" — Francis Bacon, Essays, Essay VIII, Of Marriage and Single Life (1625 text, modernized spelling (Project Gutenberg #575)). (id essays-bacon-q8)

Portrait: Portrait of Francis Bacon., Paul van Somer I / Formerly attributed to Frans Pourbus the Younger, Public domain.

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