• 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
  English philosopher and statesman 1561-1626
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. impediments
2. enterprises
3. mischief
4. either
5. virtue

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He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. by : Francis Bacon

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