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" ... them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business; but the errors of aged men amount but to this, that more might have been done, or sooner. "
The essays; or, Counsels civil and moral, with notes by A. Spiers - Page 151
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851
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Annual Report

United States. Office of Education - 1872 - 746 pages
...toward :hcr education. Multiplied facilities arc opening on every hand in response to tlie movement. The experience of age in things that fall within the compass of it directeth them, in now ings, abuse tl> them," says Bacon. In a single lifetime we have passed from the attitude of...
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents ..., Volume 3, Part 2

United States. Congress. House - 1872 - 794 pages
...lii ghor education. Multiplied facilities are opening on every h,and in response to the movement. '* The experience of age in things that fall within the compass of it direeteth them, in new tilings, abuseth them," says Hacon. In a single lifetime we have passed from...
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The Essays of Lord Bacon

Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 pages
...vivacity in age is an excellent composition ' for business. Young men are fitter to invent than to judge ; fitter for execution than for counsel ; and fitter...compass of it, directeth them ; but in new things abuseth2 them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business; but the errors of aged men amount...
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The casquet of literature, a selection in poetry and prose, ed ..., Volumes 3-4

Casket - 1873 - 912 pages
...vivacity in age is an excellent composition for business. Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and fitter...age, in things that fall within the compass of it, directetli them: but in new things abuscth them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business;...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1874 - 700 pages
...vivacity in age is an excellent composition* for business. Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, and fitter...compass of it, directeth them, but in new things abuseth 4 them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business, but the errors of aged men amount but to...
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Twenty of Bacon's essays, ed. by F. Storr

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...then to judge, fitter for execution then for counsel, and fitter for new projects then for settied business; for the experience of age, in things that fall within the compass of it, directeth them,' 1 but in new things abuseth,' 2 them.' 3 The errours of young men are the ruin of business, but the...
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Text-book of Prose: From Burke, Webster, and Bacon : with Notes, and ...

Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 pages
...vivacity in age is an excellent composition for business. Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, and fitter...been done, or sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold ; stir more than they can quiet ; fly to the end,...
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Bacon's essays, with intr., notes and index by E.A. Abbott, Volume 2

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 320 pages
...than 90 for counsel, and fitter for new projects than for settled Essay 42] ©f |9out|) anH age 43 business ; for the experience of age, in things that...the errors of aged men amount but to this — that =5 more might have been done, or sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more...
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The works of lord Bacon, moral and historical, with a brief memoir of the ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...vivacity in age is an excellent composition for business. Young men are fitter to invent than to judge ; fitter for execution than for counsel ; and fitter...been done, or sooner. Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold ; stir more than they can quiet ; fly to the end,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon ...: Literary and professional works

Francis Bacon - 1878 - 790 pages
...vivacity in age is an excellent composition for business. Young men are fitter to invent than to j uclge ; fitter for execution than for counsel; and fitter for new projects than for settled business. 3 For the experience of age 4 , in things that fall within the compass of it, directeth them; but in...
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