 Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them: for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation.  Bacon's Essays - Page 468by Francis Bacon - 1874 - 641 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1837 - 608 pages
...his old age. We will give very short specimens of Bacon's two styles. In 1597, he wrote thus: — ' Crafty men contemn studies; simple men admire them...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...their rules, is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need...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 believe and take... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 pages
...their rules, is the humor of a scholar: they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need...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 believe and take... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 516 pages
...of his old age. We will give very short specimens of Bacon's two styles. In 1597, he wrote thus : ' Crafty men contemn studies; simple men admire them...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...their rules, is the humour of a scholar : they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need...pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give actions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 520 pages
...of his old age. We will give very short specimens of Bacon's two styles. In 1597, he wrote thus : " Crafty men contemn studies ; simple men admire them...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... | |
 | 1855 - 602 pages
...perfect nature, and are perfected by experience ; for natural abilities are like natural plants — they need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do...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 believe and take... | |
 | John Wilson - 1844 - 142 pages
...by their rules is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need...experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men atiirire them, and wise men use them: for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without... | |
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