 | Francis Bacon - 1908 - 340 Seiten
...greatest Innovatour : And if Time, of course5, alter Things to the worse, and Wisedome and Counsell shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the End? It is true that what is setled by Custome, though it be not good, yet at least it is fit". And those 15 Things, which have... | |
 | Francis Bacon, John Milton, Sir Thomas Browne - 1909 - 348 Seiten
...to the inconstancy of fortune, whose wings they sought by their self-wisdom to have pinioned. XXIV OF INNOVATIONS As the births of living creatures at...better, what shall be the end? It is true, that what is setded by custom, though it be not good, yet at least it is fit; and those things which have long gone... | |
 | 1915 - 1248 Seiten
...not proven beneficial. To use the words of one of the most distinguished Benchers at Gray's Inn : " What is settled by custom, though it be not good,...have long gone together are, as it were, confederate among themselves; whereas, new things piece not so well." Some three hundred years ago none but a gentleman... | |
 | 1917 - 722 Seiten
...analog). Ebenso bei Bacon, Essays XXIV, 99. Time is the greatest innovator: and if Time, of course, alter things to the worse and wisdom and counsel shall...not alter them to the better, what shall be the end? Hier stehen der konjunktiv und shall neben einander; allerdings ist bei shall der sinn hier futurisch.... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford - 1919 - 714 Seiten
...new remedies must expect new evils. For time is the greatest innovator; and if time of course alters r-sown vault of heaven, Over the lit sea's unquiet..."Unaffrighted by the silence round them, I'nilistracted with themselves ; whereas new things piece not so well; but, though they help by their utility, yet... | |
 | Ellis Gray Richards - 1921 - 184 Seiten
...RATE-MAKING—PAST AND PRESENT "Time is a great innovator, and if time alters things to the worst, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?" —Bacon's Essay XXIV. No progress has been made by fire underwriters during the past fifty years toward... | |
 | 1925 - 638 Seiten
...of the most principal instruments for action, which is trust and belief." And so again he will say that, "what is settled by custom, though it be not good, yet at least it is fit," and will immediately add that ' 'a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation,... | |
 | 1859 - 864 Seiten
...emendations where no clear title can be shown, will contend in vain. For " it is true," says Bacon, " that what is settled by custom, though it be not good,...and those things which have long gone together, are, us it were, confederate within themselves." ThereEDITIONS OF SHAKSPEAR. fore the benefit of every doubt... | |
 | 1924 - 778 Seiten
...new remedies must expect new evils. For time is the greatest innovator; and if time of course alters things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall...alter them to the better, what shall be the end?' The point is, that wisdom and counsel must concern themselves with realities and not with shows. Whether... | |
 | Nicholas Mansergh - 1968 - 498 Seiten
...apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator: and if time, of course, alter things to the worse, and wisdom, and counsel...shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end'i FRANCIS BACON, Of Innovations CHAPTER IV INDIA: PARTITION AND INDEPENDENCE / was quite determined... | |
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And if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end? 
