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" ... studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them: for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them... "
The essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good ... - Page 183
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except...Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except...men contemn studies ; simple men admire them ; and wise men use them : for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above...
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The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by duty ; and studies themselves ilo give forth directions too much at large, except they...bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies. cimple men admire them, and wise men use them : for they teach not their own use, but that is a wisdom...
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Sequel to The Analytical Reader: In which the Original Design is Extended ...

Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1828 - 314 pages
...for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except...Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above...
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The London University Magazine, Volume 1

English literature - 1829 - 430 pages
...for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning, by study ; and studies themselves, do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience."* What then is the happy medium we should recommend ? even that which this Society is likely to establish...
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The English Instructor: Being a Collection of Pieces in Prose, Selected from ...

Readers - 1830 - 288 pages
...— 5 Do donnc de la force a t'cacpression. To give forth directions, serepandent. except they be6 bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them, for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above...
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The Christian's Penny Magazine, Issues 1-82

Christianity - 1832 - 670 pages
...for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; aud studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except...Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use ; but that ia a wisdom without them, and above...
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Moral, Economical, and Political Essays

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 230 pages
...for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except...experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above...
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Time and temper: a manual of selections from holy Scripture and extr. from ...

Time - 1835 - 274 pages
...for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except...Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them : for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above...
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The Family Magazine, Or, General Abstract of Useful Knowledge, Volume 2

1835 - 430 pages
...for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except...experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above...
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