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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. "
The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon - Page 163
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818
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Spelling and Language Book

Robert Comfort Metcalf - English language - 1887 - 184 pages
...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...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord ...

Francis Bacon - Philosophy, English - 1890 - 826 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...
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Is There Any Resemblance Between Shakespeare & Bacon?

Charles F. Steel - 1888 - 312 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,...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...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1890 - 510 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,...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...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral, of Francis Bacon ...

Francis Bacon - 1890 - 300 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,...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...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral, of Francis Bacon ...

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1890 - 460 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,...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...
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Works, Volume 6

Francis Bacon - 1890 - 788 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...
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Proverbs

William John Deane - Bible - 1891 - 678 pages
...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...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1892 - 402 pages
...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...
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Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign ...

Rev. James Wood - Quotations - 1893 - 694 pages
...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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