...aft'airs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies, is sloth ; to use thom too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgment...pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies,...

...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...pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies,...

...and perhaps judge of particulars one by one, but the general counsels, and the plots and marshaling of affairs come best from those that are learned....abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning bystudy; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded...

...disposition of business ; for, expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling...use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make2 judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar ; they perfect nature, and are perfected...

...disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling...natural abilities are like natural plants, that need proyning,1 by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they...

...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...natural abilities are like natural plants, that need proyning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be...

...dispositon of business tor expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of, particulars one by one. But the general counsels and the plots and marshalling...affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature and are perfected by experience." They perfect nature, for...

...dispositon of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of, particulars one by one. But the general counsels and the plots and marshalling...affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature and are perfected by experience." They perfect nature, for...

...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...judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar. . . . Crafty men condemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not...

...are perfected by experience.' In 1625 we find to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected...pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in byexperience.68 Throughout its versions this...