 | Thomas Hobbes - 1889 - 932 páginas
...is safe: 'The errors,' says he, 'of young men are the ruin of business ; whereas the errors of old men amount but to this, that more might have been done, or sooner.' But though their wisdom be little, their courage is great ; wherefore (to come to the main education... | |
 | 1909 - 378 páginas
...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, abuseth1 them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business; but the errors of aged men amount... | |
 | William Blake - 1966 - 964 páginas
...& his Philosophy. Page I 07. Of Ymak and Age. The errors of young men arc the ruin of business; bui the errors of aged men amount but to this, that more might have been done, or >ooner. Bacon's Business is not Intellect or Art. Page 198. . . . and age doth profit rather in the... | |
 | Mary C. Rabbitt - 1979 - 786 páginas
...barely into their forties. Francis Bacon observed that "Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, and fitter for new projects than for settled business." The division chiefs might almost have been chosen with this observation in mind. The oldest, Emmons... | |
 | Georges Minois - 1989 - 376 páginas
...his essay Of Youth and Age, he considered the principal fault of aged politicians to be indecision: The errors of young men are the ruin of business; but the errors of aged men amount to this, that more might have been done, or sooner . . . Men of age object too much, consult too soon... | |
 | Will Durant - 1965 - 736 páginas
..."Of Youth and Age" he puts a book into a paragraph. "Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, and fitter...it, directeth them; but in new things abuseth them. . . . Young men, in the conduct and management of actions, embrace more than they can hold, stir more... | |
 | James Harrington - 1992 - 342 páginas
...opinion of Verulamius is safe: 'the errors', saith he, 'of young men are the ruin of business; whereas the errors of aged men amount but to this, that more might have been done or sooner.' 97 But though their wisdom be litde, their courage is great. Wherefore (to come unto the main education... | |
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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. 
