 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 - Seite 301von Francis Bacon - 1854Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Ernest Rhys - 1915 - 518 Seiten
...and are perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need proyning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions...men contemn studies ; simple men admire them ; and \vise men use them : for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them and above... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 566 Seiten
...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...at large, except they be bounded in by experience. [20 Crafty men contemn studies; simple men admire them; and wise men use them: for they teach not their... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - 1917 - 536 Seiten
...judgment wholly by their rules is the 10 humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfecued by experience; for natural abilities are like natural...at large, except they be bounded in by experience. 15 Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their... | |
 | 1917 - 754 Seiten
...the general counsels, and the plots and marshaling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. scholar; they perfect nature, and are perfected by...study; and studies themselves do give forth directions loo much at large, except they bt bounded in by experience. 5. How many uses may "studies" serve? SET... | |
 | Arthur Frederick Sheldon - 1917 - 88 Seiten
...their use only by observation. "Studies perfect Nature, and are perfected by experience ; for nat^ ural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning...give forth directions too much at large, except they are bounded [modified] by experience"; that is, empirical or experimental knowledge alone is too narrow,... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - 1918 - 986 Seiten
...to use them too much for ornament is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the 10 humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are...at large, except they be bounded in by experience. 15 Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their... | |
 | Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke - 1918 - 944 Seiten
...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...directions too much at large, except they be bounded in byexperience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they... | |
 | Ralph W. Polk - 1918 - 268 Seiten
...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...like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studied themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.... | |
 | Fire Underwriters' Association of the Northwest - 1919 - 266 Seiten
...insurance man and not merely a weak, ineffective theorist. Concerning studies, Lord Bacon said very wisely, "They perfect nature and are perfected by experience;...do give forth directions too much at large, except that they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men condemn studies, simple men admire them and wise... | |
 | 1923 - 660 Seiten
...(studies) too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgement wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature and are perfected...directions too much at large, except they be bounded by experience. Read not to contradict nor confute, nor to believe and take for granted nor to find... | |
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