 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Donald Nivison Ferguson - 1969 - 317 pages
...I quote these pregnant sentences, italicizing a few phrases to make their point prick more sharply: "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... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Government Operations - 1970 - 712 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Joan Simon - 1966 - 472 pages
...civilised style by Francis Bacon. The initial essay 'On Studies' advised that 'to spend too much time on 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... | |
 | Will Durant - 1965 - 736 pages
...either end or wisdom in themselves, and that knowledge unapplied in action was a pale academic vanity. "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. . . . Crafty men condemn studies, simple... | |
 | Ula C. Manzo, Anthony V. Manzo - 1993 - 662 pages
...the fuller context of literacy education, aptly reflected by the popular quote from Francis Bacon: To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affection; to make judgment wholly by rules is the humor of a scholar. . . . Read not to contradict... | |
 | B. H. G. Wormald - 1993 - 436 pages
...expert men can execute, but learned men are fittest to judge or censure. To spend too much time in them, 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1999 - 276 pages
...men can execute, but learned men are fittest to judge or censure. H To spend too much time in them is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar. U They perfect Nature, and are perfected... | |
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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... 
