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... The Works of Lord Bacon: Philosophical works - Seite 301von Francis Bacon - 1854Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...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 condemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but... | |
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...BCE ~ Nicomachean Ethics, II, 1, 1103a, in The Basic Works of Aristotle, Richard McKeon, ed., 1941 Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need...at large, except they be bounded in by experience. ~ Francis Bacon, 1561-1626 ~ You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running,... | |
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...by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple...use them; for they teach not their own use; but that [ie, proper use] is a wisdom without [ie, outside] them, and above them, won by observation. Read not... | |
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