 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...acknowledge or retract them, like an unready horse that will neither stop nor [8] turn. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little,...drive business home to the full period, but content [9] themselves with a mediocrity of success. Certainly [7.] Manage : management. ' The manage of my... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1868 - 472 pages
...seldome drive Businesse home to - the full Period ; But content themselves with a Mediocrity of Successe. Certainly, it is good to compound Employments of both...For that will be Good for the Present, because the Vertues of either Age, may correct the defects of both: And good for Succession, that Young Men may... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 786 pages
...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,...repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the lull period,' but content themselves with the mediocrity of success. Certainly it is good to compouud... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1868 - 458 pages
...Obiect too much, Consult too long, Adventure too little, Repent too soone, and seldome drive Businesse home to the full Period ; But content themselves with a Mediocrity of Successe. Certainly, it is good to compound Employments of both ; For that will be Good for the Present,... | |
 | Francis Fisher Broune - 1870 - 524 pages
...and the way business is done is the way young men do business; for Lord Bacon says: "Old men object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and are content with a very moderate success;" and no man in these times will admit that this is the way... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1871 - 678 pages
...feldome driue Bufmefle home to the full Period ; But content themfelues with a Mediocrity of Succefle. Certainly, it is good to compound Employments of both ; For that will be Good12 for the Prefent, becaufe the Vertues of either Age, may correft the defects of both :13 And... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1874 - 700 pages
...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,...and seldom drive business home to the full period, 1 but content themselves with the mediocrity of success. Certainly it is good to compound employments... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...them, like an unready horse that will neither stop nor turn. Men of age object too much, consult top long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period,' 9 but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Certainly it is good to compound employments... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 320 pages
...acknowledge or retract them ; like an unready horse that will neither stop nor turn. 35 Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little,...success. Certainly it is good to compound employments of 40 both. For that will be good for the present, because the virtues of either age may correct the defects... | |
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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. 
