 | Francis Bacon - 1889 - 742 pages
...Learning (bk. i.) in which he says, if not truly, at least finely: 'if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts (' eaque aliquandiu patienter toleret.' De Augmentis), he shall end in certainties.' ** Here commences... | |
 | Theodore Whitefield Hunt - 1890 - 304 pages
...but, after a while, fair and even ; so it is in contemplation ; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if he will be content...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. But the greatest error of all the rest is, the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 pages
...Aaron Hill. When you doubt, abstain. — Zoroaster. In contemplation, if a man begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if he will be content...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. — Bacon. We know accurately only when we know little ; with knowledge doubt increases. — Goethe.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1898 - 170 pages
...but after a while fair and even : so it is in contemplation ; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if he will be content to begin_ with. doubts, he shalTenJ 10 Another error is in the manner of the tradition and delivery of... | |
 | 1899 - 704 pages
...taxation is a compensation for liberty. Hhmtcsqnieu. In contemplation, if a man begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall i end in certainties. Bacon. In conversation, boldness now bears sway. l Georgs Herbert, In conversation,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1900 - 462 pages
...entrance, but after a while fair and even. So it is in contemplation; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if he will be content...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. Another error is in the manner of the tradition and delivery of knowledge, which is for the most part... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1902 - 442 pages
...so it is in contemplation, if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if be will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. ' Another error is in the manner of the tradition or delivery of knowledge, which is for the most part... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1902 - 442 pages
...but after a while fair and even ; so it is in contemplation, if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if he will be content...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. ' Another error is in the manner of the tradition or delivery of knowledge, which is for the most part... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1904 - 216 pages
...but after a while fair and even. So it is in contemplation ; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content...begin with » doubts, he shall end in certainties. Another error is in the manner of the tradition and delivery of knowledge, which is for the most part... | |
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So it is in contemplation ; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. 
