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" 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. "
Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, and ... - Page 497
by Francis Bacon - 1858
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions...Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to...
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Foliorum Centuriae: Selections for Translation Into Latin and Greek Prose ...

Hubert Ashton Holden - English language - 1852 - 380 pages
...and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions...Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to...
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Polonius: A Collection of Wise Saws and Modern Instances

Edward FitzGerald - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1852 - 172 pages
...and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions...but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, born by observation. Read not to confute and cor. ^radict ; nor to believe and take for granted ; but...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral ; And, Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1852 - 394 pages
...are like natural Plants, that need pruning by Study : And Studies themfelves do give forth Diredtions too much at Large, except they be bounded in by Experience. Crafty Men contemn Studies ; fimple Men admire them ; and wife Men ufe them : For they teach not their own Ufe ; But that is a...
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
...short specimens of Ba con's two styles. In 1597, he wrote thus "Crafty men contemn studies; simple met whole population. : that is a wisdonwithout them, and won by observation. Reac not to contradict, nor to believe, but...
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The essays; or, Counsels civil and moral with A table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...and are perfected by experience : for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions...without them, and above them, won by observation. Bead not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse;...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...and are perfected by experience — for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions...Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, nnd wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above...
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The cruet stand, select pieces of prose and poetry, Volume 2

C. Gough - 1853 - 414 pages
...will give very short specimens of Bacon's two styles. In 1597, he wrote thus: — Crafty men condemn studies; simple men admire them; and 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...
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Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - Ethics - 1854 - 894 pages
...nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning high, and six foot broad ; and the spaces between...the breadth of the arch. Over the arches let there and lake for granted; nor to find talk and discourse ; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to...
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North American First Class Reader: The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for ...

David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Elocution - 1854 - 440 pages
...are perfected by experience ; for natural - abilities require study, as natural plants need pruning; and studies themselves do give forth directions too...simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for studies teach not their own use — this wise men learn by observation. Read not to contradict and...
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