 | Emma Forbes Cary - 1893 - 294 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. BACON. January 8. The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence and the violent bear it away. MATTHEW xi.... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 страница
...Longfellow. Years do not make sages ; they only make old men. — Madame Swetchine. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little,...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. — Bacon. When men grow virtuous in their old age, (* nj ji m'jii j^rvw vircuuua lu men uiu u^v, AI*... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1895 - 600 страница
...feldome driue Bufmeffe home to the full Period ; But content themfelues with a Mediocrity of Succeffe. Certainly, it is good to compound Employments of both ; For that will be Good12 for the Prefent, becaufe the Vertues of either Age, may correct, the defects of both :1S And... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 страница
...to forego her wreath ? Yes; but not this alone. p. MATTHEW ARNOLD — Growing Old. Men of age object eration, this thy fate : " Written in water," swiftly...kind does, first and late, A work too great for fame. g. BACON— Essay XLII. Of YouthandAge. Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust,... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1896 - 500 страница
...repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period,' but content themselves with the mediocrity of success. Certainly it is good to compound...the present, because the virtues of either age may correc' the defects of both;8 and good for succession, that young men may be learners while men in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1896 - 426 страница
...is good to componnd Employments of both ; For that will be Good for the Present, becanse the Vertnes of either Age, may correct the defects of both: And good for Snccession, that Yonng Men may be Learners, while Men in Age are Actonrs And lastly, Good for Externe... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1897 - 448 страница
...good to compound Employments of both8; For that will be Good for the Present, 40 because the Vertues" of either Age may correct the defects of both; And good for Succession7, that Young Men may be Learners, while Men in Age are Actours ; And lastly, Good for Externe... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1900 - 376 страница
...acknowledge or retract them j like an unready horse, that will neither stop nor irurn. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little,...both ; and good for succession, that young men may tje learners, while men in age are actors ; and, lastlyJgood for extern accidents/because authority... | |
 | Reuben Post Halleck - 1900 - 516 страница
...express, or rather to obscure, the ideas in these three lines from Bacon : — " Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little,...content themselves with a mediocrity of success." * 1 Of Youth and Age. His work abounds in illustrations, analogies, and striking imagery ; but, unlike... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1903 - 344 страница
...appearance to their substance. Many merchants object too much, consult too long, advertise too little, and seldom drive business home to the full period,...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Some men seem to take failure quite comfortably; they stop and go on again, without changing their... | |
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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. 
