 | Massachusetts. Board of Education - Education - 1865 - 428 pages
...labyrinth of difficulties from which extrication will be impossible, and, further, it has been urged that it is " better to bear the ills we have than to fly to those we know not of," until down has come the ponderous trip-hammer of "long-established usage," crushing... | |
 | Missouri. Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1861 - 188 pages
...once, and acknowledge themselves, by their own act, subjugated. It is better, sir, in my opinion, " to bear the ills we have than to fly to others we know not of." I have stated my views thus succinctly, and that is all that I desire. I shall leave the question to... | |
 | English literature - 1861 - 600 pages
...power with the English mind — practical success. Whatever our anomalies or our differences may be, it is better to bear the ills we have, than to fly to others whose full bitterness we know in the calamities of a kindred nation. But cheering as is the tone of... | |
 | Henry Fawcett, Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett - Business & Economics - 1872 - 392 pages
...The consequences of any change are uncertain. It is well to remain content with things as they are ; it is better to ' bear the ills we have than to fly to others that we know not of.' " But a Liberal professes not to be satisfied with the present state of things;... | |
 | David Nasmith - Constitutional history - 1873 - 552 pages
...presumed, have experienced the other; and some, both. Most, perhaps imbued with the sentiment, " that it is better to bear the ills we have than to fly to others that we know not of," have resorted, at least in the first instance, to the latter expedient ; and... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1876 - 778 pages
...to be gained, and the price at which it is to be bought. In many cases it is better to ' bear those ills we have, than to fly to others we know not of.' Our fathers were not rash revolutionists. They brought themselves under the name and stigma, for a... | |
 | - 1879 - 950 pages
...and for the backbiter a back smiter." THE DISCONTENTED ASS ; OR, " A ROUJNG STONE GATHERS NO MOSS." "It is better to bear the ills we have than to fly to others that we know not of." So says Shakspeare, and the philosophy of it is so good and wise, that the quotation... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1880 - 1038 pages
...ÍET:'Í-- much more delay and expense. I would not have confidence in the Land Office ; otbrr? might. 21. " It is better to bear the ills we have than to fly to others that we know not <•!' " &c. The above idea has crystallized in many languages, in many ages, in many... | |
 | Texas Bar Association - Bar associations - 1882 - 348 pages
...States the propriety of calling a convention, said: "I have not made up my mind whether it would not be better to 'bear the ills we have than to fly to others we know not of.' I am, however, in no doubt about the weakness of the federal government. If it remains much longer... | |
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It is well to remain content with things as they are ; or, in other words, it is better to bear the ills we have than to fly to others that we know not of. 
