...worthier than their descendants, so are the first precedents commonly better than the imitations of them, A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation. Seeing that things alter of themselves to the worse, if counsel shall not alter them to the better,...

...unanswerable objection urged against all improvement. We have already quoted the dictum of Bacon—that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation. This was not the opinion of Ignatius Loyola, who, in order to avoid any innovation in the shape of...

...they trouble by their inconformity. Besides, they are like strangers ; more admired and less favoured. All this is true, if time .stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a 1 Ita rerum exemplarin et primonlia (quando feliciter jacta mat) imitationem cctatu tequentu utplurimam...

...worthier than their descendants, so are the first precedents commonly better than the imitations of them, A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation. Seeing that things alter of themselves to the worse, if counsel shall not alter them to the better,...

...so round that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation, and they thai reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the...therefore, that men in their innovations would follow the exam pie of time itself, which, indeed, innovateth greatly, but quietly and by degrees, scarce to be...

...they trouble by their inconformity. Besides, they are like strangers ; more admired and less favoured. All this is true, if time stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a 1 Ita rerum exemplaria et primardia (quando feliciter jacta sunt) imitatimem cetatis sequentis utplurimum...

...for gets the less thanks from him whom it helps, and gives the more annoyance to him whom it hurts. A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation. Seeing that things alter of themselves to the worse, if counsel shall not alter them to the better,...

...caprice, our opinion of him is the reverse. But, on the other hand, we are told by a high authority, that " a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation, and that a courting of public notice by a too close adherence to old fashions is as great an evil as a...

...they trouble by their inconformity ; besides they are like strangers, more admired and less favoured. All this is true if time stood still : which contrariwise moveth so round that a forward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation ; and they that reverence too...

...trouble by their inconformity : besides, they are like strangers, more admired [4] and less favoured. All this is true, if time stood still ; which, contrariwise, moveth so round, that a froNew things are like strangers, fyc. : Bacon has omitted to notice, that there are in most languages...