 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 - Page 152by Francis Bacon - 1883 - 217 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Cochrane - Authors, English - 1887 - 572 pages
...hnplvneth rarely. Generally youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. For t'i.cre e church, amusing myself with the tombstones and inscriptions...several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded CT«t and violent desires and perturbations, are uot ripe for action, till they have passed the n:cridian... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy, English - 1890 - 826 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 - English essays - 1888 - 336 pages
...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...meridian of their years ; as it was . with Julius Caesar and Septimius Severus ; of the latter of whom it is said : Juventutem egit erroribus, imo furoribus,... | |
 | Ignatius Donnelly - 1888 - 520 pages
...noted this difference between youth and age. He says: There is a youth in thoughts as well as in age; and yet the invention of young men is more lively...that of old, and imaginations stream into their minds teller, and as it were more divinely.1 VII. THE EXALTATIONS OF GENIUS. Neither can we judge what great... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - Authors, English - 1888 - 306 pages
...Jost 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 ; J and yet the invention of young men, is more lively than that of old, and imaginations stream into... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1889 - 446 pages
...the first cogitations, not so wise as the second, for there is a youth in thoughts as well as in s ages. And yet the invention of young men is more lively...and perturbations, are not ripe for action till they 10 have passed the meridian of their years ; as it was with Julius Cassar and Septimius Severus, of... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - Citations anglaises - 1889 - 720 pages
...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...their minds better, and, as it were, more divinely. 5990 Bacon : Essays. Of Youth and Age. Youth is everywhere in place. 5991 Emerson : Society and Solitude.... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - Citations anglaises - 1889 - 724 pages
...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...invention of young men is more lively than that of old, ami imaginations stream into their minds better, and, as it were, more divinely. 5990 Bacon : Essays.... | |
 | 1889 - 584 pages
...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...invention of young men is more lively than that of old ... The errors of young men are the ruin of business ; but the errors of aged men amount but to this—... | |
 | 1889 - 598 pages
...general show that young men are the apostles of new truths the world over. With what justice wrote Bacon, "The invention of young men is more lively than that...their minds better, and as it were, more divinely." All honor and deference to the venerable seniors of the profession. They are entitled to reverence... | |
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