 To spend too much time in studies is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar ; they perfect nature and are perfected by experience — for natural abilities are like...  Philosophical works - Page 301by Francis Bacon - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Maunder - Classical dictionaries - 1866 - 930 pages
...much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment only by their rules is the humour of a scholar. 5. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience;...at large, except they be bounded in by experience. 6. Crafty men contemn studies ; simple men admire them; and wise men use them: for they teach not their... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...in studies, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar ; they...experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men [4] the sentence to obviate this fault in its construction. The Latin is free from it : — ' Dotes... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - English language - 1867 - 374 pages
...use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar: they perfect Nature, and are perfected...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... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - English language - 1868 - 372 pages
...perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning bystudy; and studies themselves do give forth directions too...experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire, and wise ir.en use them ; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and... | |
 | Henry Lewis (M.A.) - 1869 - 196 pages
...time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar. They perfect...Crafty men contemn studies ; simple men admire them; wise men use them: for they teach not their own use, but that is a wisdom without them and above them,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 pages
...use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar: they perfect nature, and are perfected...except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men con temn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use;... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour 3 of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected...pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth direction too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1870 - 382 pages
...use too much for ornament', is affectation' ; to make judgment wholly by their rules', is the humor of a scholar* : they perfect nature, and are perfected...at large, except they be bounded in by experience. 3. Crafty men' contemn studies' ; simple men' admire them' ; and wise men use them" : for they teach... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1871 - 232 pages
...time in studies is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar ; they perfect...them ; for they teach not their own use, but that there is wisdom without them and above them won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute,... | |
 | Mother Angela Gillespie - Elocution - 1871 - 468 pages
...are perfected by experience ; for natural abilities require study, as natural plants need pruning; and studies themselves do give forth directions too...simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for studies teach not their own use — this wise men learn by observation. Read not to contradict and... | |
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