 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...  The Pamphleteer - Side 44redigeret af - 1821Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1793 - 76 sider
...intention be what it may, we anfwer their accufation in the words of one of thewifeft of mankind: " *THAT TIME " IS THE GREATEST INNOVATOR ; " AND IF TIME OF COURSE ALTER " THINGS TO THE WORSE, AND IF « WISDOM AND COUNSEL SHALL " NOT ALTER THEM TO THE " BETTER, WHAT SHALL BE THE « END?" They will... | |
 | Christopher Wyvill - 1794 - 698 sider
...may, we anfwer their accufation in the words of one of the wifeft of mankind : Pa " * THAT " * THAT TIME IS THE GREATEST IN""NOVATOR ; AND IF TIME OF COURSE " ALTER THINGS TO THE WORSE, AND " IF WISDOM AND COUNSEL SHALL NOT " ALTER THEM TO THE BETTER, WHAT " SHALL BE THE END ?" By the Reform... | |
 | William Belsham - 1795 - 566 sider
...not more turbulent than a . froward retention of custom. Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new...not alter them to the better, what shall be the end ?" — " There is (as Helvetius observes) a description of men with hearts incapable of virtuous emotion,... | |
 | William Belsham - 1805 - 600 sider
...not more turbulent than a froward retention of custom. Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new...not alter them to the better, what shall be the end ?" — " There is (as Helvetius observes) a description of men with hearts incapable of virtuous emotion,... | |
 | George Ensor - 1810 - 480 sider
...to correct errours as they arise. the whole must fatally and irretrievably "Time," says Bacon ', " is the greatest innovator : and if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel may not alter them to the better, what must be the end ?" » This opinion was professed equally in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 sider
...continuance; but good, as a forced motion, strongest at first. Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new...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... | |
 | 1812 - 760 sider
...intention be what it may, we answer their accusatioA in the words of one of the wisest of mankind : that time is the greatest innovator; and if time of course alter things to the worse, and if' wisdom and counsel ihall not alter them to the tetter, what shall be the end?' " This was su far... | |
 | James Jopp - 1812 - 460 sider
...be what it may, we answer • their accusation in the words of one of the wisest of mankind : ' That time is the greatest innovator ; * and if time of course alter things to the worse, ' and if wisdom and counsel shall not alter theyi . ' to the better, what shall be the end * /" " • •... | |
 | 1813 - 660 sider
...expect new evils: for time ia the. greatest innovator : and i I' time, of course, alter all thiuga to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the belter, what shall be the end ?" — This in an argument, I trust, sufficiently strong to justify the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 sider
...continuance ; but good, as a forced motion, strongest at first. Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new...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... | |
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