 Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not 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...  Laconics, Or The Best Words of the Best Authors - 80 ページ1856全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Parliamentary and political miscellany - 1851 - 714 ページ
...may, we answer their accusations in the words of one of the wisest of mankind (Lord Bacon) : " that time is the greatest innovator; and if time of course alter things to the worst, and if wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end ?" By the... | |
 | University magazine - 1851 - 822 ページ
...GREATEST INNOVATOR ;" asks with an air of triumph— " If time of course alter all things for the worse, and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?" (in few plain words what a conclusive generalisation !) — then warns the fearful that " he that will... | |
 | Edwin Hubbell Chapin - 1852 - 184 ページ
...reformation, their first estate is the best. " He that will not apply new remedies," says Lord Bacon, " must expect new evils ; for time is the greatest innovator...not alter them to the better, what shall be the end ?" Therefore, there is always work for the Reformer to do, either in restoring, or in up-building,... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852 - 380 ページ
...than the arts with which he flattered the passions of the people. [Classical Tripos, 1843.] 99. SURELY every medicine is an innovation, and he that will...the greatest innovator ; and if time of course alter all things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the... | |
 | 1852 - 598 ページ
...utter the words of an oracle, than when speaking on this very subject of change. "Surely," says he, '' every medicine is an innovation, and he that will...FOR TIME is THE GREATEST INNOVATOR : and if time of courue alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, WHAT SHALL... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 394 ページ
...natural Motion, ftrongeft in continuance : but Good, as a forced Motion, ftrongeft at firft. Surely every Medicine is an Innovation.; and he that will not apply new Remedies, muft expedt new Evils : for Time is the greateflr Innovator : and if Time, of courfe, alter Things... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 ページ
...natural motion strongest in continuance : but good, as a forced motion, strongest at first. Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will...not alter them to the better, what shall be the end ? It is true, that what is settled by custom, though it be not good, yet at least it is fit ; and those... | |
 | Catholic Church - 1853 - 324 ページ
...reduce to the order and dimensions in which they now appear. " If time," says Lord Bacon, " alter all things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall...alter them to the better, what shall be the end?" In the Greek Church, whose matters are not so well managed as those of Rome, her liturgical services,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 ページ
...as, aliment. Alter, another ; as, alter, alternate, altercation. "If time of course alter all tilings to the worse, and wisdom .and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?"— Bacon. Altus, high ; as, exalt, altar. " All is the gift of industry ; whate'er Exalts, embellishes,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 ページ
...a natural motion strongest in continuance; but good, as a forced motion, strongest at first. Surely natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are...Ulysses, " vetulam suam prsetulit immortalitarj." ? It is true, that what is settled by custom, though it be not good, yet at least it is fit. And those... | |
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