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 humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural... The Massachusetts Teacher - Página 91848Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 páginas
...short specimens of Ba con's two styles. In 1597, he wrote thus "Crafty men contemn studies; simple met whole population. : that is a wisdonwithout them, and won by observation. Reac not to contradict, nor to believe, but... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 páginas
...use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment wholly by tlieir rules is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected...them : for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Bead not to contradict and confute; nor... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1853 - 378 páginas
...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...them; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation. Read, not to contradict and confute, nor... | |
| C. Gough - 1853 - 414 páginas
...will give very short specimens of Bacon's two styles. In 1597, he wrote thus: — Crafty men condemn studies; simple men admire them; and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use ; that is a wisdom without them, and won by observation. Read not to contradict, nor to believe, but... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 páginas
...large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, nnd wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above Ihem, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 páginas
...use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgment only by their rules, is the humour encompassed on all the four sides with a stately...the breadth of the arch. Over the arches let there a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute ; nor... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 páginas
...and are perfected by experience — for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need priming by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions...them ; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 páginas
...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... | |
| 1855 - 396 páginas
...and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business ; for expert men can execute, and perhaps...them ; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 páginas
...and perhaps judge of particulars one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshaling of affairs come best from those that are learned....them ; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation. Read, not to contradict and confute, nor... | |
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