 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...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...experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 490 pages
...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...experience } for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by duty, and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...that are learned. 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. 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... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make jndgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar : they perfect nature, and are perfected...experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by stndy; and stndies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...to use them too much for ornament is affection; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected...experience ; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by duty ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned. 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... | |
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... of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one by one. but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them... 
