...for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. ... To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use...affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience, for natural abilities are...

...privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps...by one; but the general counsels and the plots and marsha ling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is...

...his sentiment about excessive attention to study and the importance of the application of knowledge: To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use...ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their tules, is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural...

...(1899), John Lane, 1907, page 155 Some advice to all engaged in education, whether teaching or learning. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use...them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgement wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected...

...(Possibly a heraldic motto.) " Too much study is sloth": Francis Bacon, "Of Studies". (The full sentence is "To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use...affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar.") This motto was supplied by Thomas' friend Hodges. "Desine fata deum flecti sperare...

...privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment, and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps...affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are...

...privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment, and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps...affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are...

...and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgement and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps...them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgement wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected...