 A MAN that is young in years may be old in hours, if he have lost no time ; but that happeneth rarely. Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. : for there is a youth in thoughts, as well as in ages ; and yet the invention...  Essays moral, economical and political - Page 141by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 196 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1857 - 578 pages
...one. On this point I have already dwelt in my remarks on Innovation. ' Natures that have much heat are not ripe for action till they have passed the meridian of their years.' There is a strange difference in the ages at which different persons acquire such maturity as they... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...not so wise as the second : For there is a youth in thoughts, aswell as in ages. Natures that haue much heat, and great and violent desires and perturbations, are not ripe for action, till they haue passed the meridian of their yeeres: but reposed natures may doe well in youth : as on the otherside... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1858 - 792 pages
...not so wise as the second : For there is a youth in thoughts, aswell as in ages. Natures that haue much heat, and great and violent desires and perturbations, are not ripe for action, till they haue passed the meridian of their yeeres: but reposed natures may doe well in youth : as on the otherside... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1860 - 720 pages
...happeneth rarely. Generally youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second ; for there is a youth in thoughts as well as in ages : and yet...and violent desires and perturbations, are not ripe fur action till they have passed the meridian of their years; as it was with Julius Caesar, and Septimius... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1861 - 408 pages
...happeneth rarely. Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second ; for there is a youth in thoughts as well as in ages ; and yet...imaginations stream into their minds better, and, aa it were, more divinely. Natures that have much heat, and great and violent desires and perturbations,... | |
 | Christian Nestell Bovee - American literature - 1862 - 274 pages
...and vivacity in age," he says, " are an excellent composition for business." He also tells us, that "Natures that have much heat, and great and violent...till they have passed the meridian of their years." Young people seldom open their minds to their elderly seniors, from a mistaken impression that they... | |
 | Wise sayings - Maxims - 1864 - 394 pages
...is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second ; for there is a youth in thoughts as well in ages ; and yet the invention of young men is more...their minds better, and, as it were, more divinely. Essay on " Youth and Age." — LORD BACON. YOUTH. Death in Like leaves in spring, the young are blown... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...not so wise as the second : For there is a youth in thoughts, aswell as in ages. Natures that haue much heat, and great and violent desires and perturbations, are not ripe for action, till they haue passed the meridian of their yeeres : but reposed natures may doe well in youth : as on the otherside... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...happeneth [2] rarely. Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second ; for there is a youth in thoughts as well as in ages ; and yet...imaginations stream into their minds better, and, as it were, [3] more divinely. Natures that have much heat, and [2.] More divinely : Bacon, in his .,1«lith<:t<i,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1868 - 458 pages
...Invention of Young Men, is more lively, then that of Old : And Imaginations streame into their Mindes better, and, as it were, more Divinely. Natures that...Action, till they have passed the Meridian of their yeares : As it was with IuliusCcesar, & Septimius Severus. Of the latter of whom, it is said ; luventutem... | |
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