...; stir more than they can quiet ; fly to the end, without consideration of the means and degrees ; use extreme remedies at first ; and, that which doubleth...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....

...Italy against the Spaniards. After a brilliant career, he was killed at the battle of Ravenna, in 1512. all errors, will not acknowledge or retract them,...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Certainly it is good to compound employments of both ; for that will be good for the present, because...

...object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon. and seldom drive busmen« eas — ilticoii. As we grow old we become lK>th more foolish and more wise. — Jiochefwtcauld. Age that...

...experience of age, in things that fall within the compass of it, directeth them; but in new things, abuseth1 them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business;...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Certainly it is good to compound employments of both; for that will be good for the present, because...

...the conduct and manage of actions, 1 agrees 2 He passed a youth futl of errors; yea, of madnesses. embrace more than they can hold; stir more than they...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Certainly it is good to compound employments of both; for that will be good for the present, because...

...consideration of the means and degrees; pursue some few principles which they have chanced upon absurdly; care1 not to innovate, which draws unknown inconveniences;...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Certainly it is good to compound employments of both; for that will be good for the present, because...

...the means and degrees; pursue some few principles which they have chanced upon absurdly; care not to5 innovate, which draws unknown inconveniences; use...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. 1 Deceiveth. 2 Are reckless in innovating. 8 Badly trained. * Completion. Certainly it is good to compound...

...taken seven pages to express, or rather to obscure, the ideas in these three lines from Bacon: — "Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure...content themselves with a mediocrity of success." 1 His works abound in illustrations, analogies, and striking imagery; but, unlike the great Elizabethan...

...taken seven pages to express, or rather to obscure, the ideas in these three lines from Bacon : — "Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure...content themselves with a mediocrity of success." 1 His works abound in illustrations, analogies, and striking imagery ; but, unlike the great Elizabethan...

...of the means and degrees ; pursue some few principles which they have chanced upon absurdly ; care l e She has drunk of the Well of St.'Keyne." 28 "I have...M "; 1916 Ginn"- Manly John Matthews" John M Certainly it is good to compound employments of both ; for that will be good for the present, because...