Francis Bacon Quote

A single life doth well with churchmen, for charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool.


Essays (1625) 'Of Marriage and the Single Life'


A single life doth well with churchmen, for charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool.

A single life doth well with churchmen, for charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool.

A single life doth well with churchmen, for charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool.

A single life doth well with churchmen, for charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool.