 | Ralph Randolph Gurley - African Americans - 1835 - 560 pages
...unripeness of the occasion, must ever be well weighed; and generally it is good to commit the beginning of all great actions to Argus with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands, first to watch, and then to speed. For the helmet of Pluto, which... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...them, is another extreme. The ripeness or unripeness of the occasion, as we said, must ever be well weighed ; and generally it is good to commit the beginnings...actions to Argus with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands ; first to watch, and then to speed. For the helmet of Pluto, which... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...them, is another extreme. The ripeness or unripeness of the occasion, as we said, must ever be well weighed ; and generally it is good to commit the beginnings of all great actions to Argus with his hundred eyts, and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands; first to watch, and then to speed. For the helmet... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - Frontier and pioneer life - 1839 - 332 pages
...generally came down quite tame. CHAPTER XII. The ripeness or unripeness of the occasion must ever be well weighed ; and generally, it is good to commit the...actions to Argus with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands. — BACON. Trust not yourself ; but your defects to know Make use... | |
 | English periodicals - 1839 - 760 pages
...consideration of the statesman. It is said by Lord Bacon, that " it is good to commit the be" gi nnings of all great actions to Argus, with his hundred eyes, " and the ends to Briareus, with his hundred hands *." Her majesty's government have followed the first part of this... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...them, is another extreme. The ripeness or unripeness of the occasion (as we said) must ever be well weighed ; and generally it is good to commit the beginnings...actions to Argus with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands ; first to watch and then to speed ; for the helmet of Pluto, which... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - History - 1841 - 388 pages
...generally came down quite tame. CHAPTER XIL The ripeness or unripeness of the occasion must ever be well weighed { and generally, it is good to commit the beginnings of all great actions to Argun with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Briareus with his hundred hands. B&coif. Trust not yourself;... | |
 | Francesco Guicciardini - 1845 - 214 pages
...book ii. THERE is surely no greater Wisdom than well to time the Beginnings and Onsets of Things. .... and generally it is good to commit the Beginnings...Actions to Argus with his hundred Eyes, and the ends to Briareus Macbiavelll. 7° 71 with his hundred Hands, first to Watch, and then to Speed. Essays, xxi.... | |
 | Francesco Guicciardini - Maxims - 1845 - 216 pages
...book ii. THERE is surely no greater Wisdom than well to time the Beginnings and Onsets of Things. .... and generally it is good to commit the Beginnings...Actions to Argus with his hundred Eyes, and the ends to Briareus Macbiavelli. 63with his hundred Hands, first to Watch, and then to Speed. Essays, xxi. Of... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 730 pages
...Twenty-first, entitled 'Of Delays,' first published in 1625, is very short: it concludes thus : — Generally it is good to commit the beginnings of all...actions to Argus with his hundred eyes, and the ends to Ilrinreus with his hundred hands — first to watch and then to speed. For the helmet of Pluto, which... | |
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The ripeness or unripeness of the occasion (as we said) must ever be well weighed; and generally it is good to commit the beginnings of all great actions to Argus, with his hundred eyes; and the ends to Briareus, with his hundred hands, — first to watch,... 
