 | Robert Comfort Metcalf - 1887 - 184 страница
...multitudes of men dissent from us, who are as good and wise as ourselves. — ADDISON. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little,...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. — BACON. 146 de vise' de vice' tour tow er fis sure fish er pa tients pa tience stat ue stat ure... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 826 страница
...good to compound imploiments of both : for that will bee good for the present ; because the vertues of either age may correct the defects of both : and good for succession, that young men may bee learners, while men in age are Actors : and lastly, in respect of externe accidents, because authority... | |
 | Charles F. Steel - 1888 - 312 страница
...acknowledge or retract them, like an unready horse, that will neither stop nor turn. " Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little,...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. " He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 510 страница
...acknowledge or retract them ; like an unready horse, that will neither stop nor turn. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little,...young men may be learners, while men in age are actors ; 40 and, lastly, good for externe accidents, because authority followeth old men, and favour and popularity... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 300 страница
...acknowledge or retract them ; like an unready horse, that will neither stop nor turn. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little,...age may correct the defects of both ; and good for succession,2 that young men may be learners, while men in age are actors ; and, lastly, good for extern... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 460 страница
...acknowledge or retract them, like an unready horse', that will neither stop nor turn. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little,...with a mediocrity of success. Certainly it is good 10 to compound employments of both ; for that will be good for the present, because the virtues of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 788 страница
...good to compound imploiments of both : for that will bee good for the present ; because the vertues of either age may correct the defects of both : and good for succession, that young men may bee learners, while men in age are Actors : and lastly, in respect of externe accidents, because authority... | |
 | William John Deane - 1891 - 678 страница
...only in bodily frailty, but in a certain mental stiffening. Thus Lord Bacon says, " Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little,...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success ; " and Madame de Stae'l says, " To resist with success the frigidity of old age, one must combine... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1892 - 402 страница
...soon, and seldom drive business home to the full periodvuut cbnten business home to the full periooyuut content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Certainly it is good to comi pound employments of both ; for that will be good for the \ present, because the virtues of either... | |
 | Rev. James Wood - 1893 - 694 страница
...find their appetites unanswered than they complain the tunes are injurious. Raleigh. Men of age object A goodly apple rotten at the heart. Bacon. Men of courage, men of sense, and men of letters are frequent ; but a true gentleman is what... | |
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Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. 
