...time in studies, is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment only cially in the war. Mucianus undid Vitellius, by a fame that he scattered, that Vitellius had in : •" Abeunt studia in mores." Nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought...

...observation. Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to believe and take for granted; norto find talk and discourse ; but to weigh and consider. Some books...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : " Abeunt studia in mores." Nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out...

...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading makelh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man ; and therefore...little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know what he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtle ; natural philosophy,...

...as much as I wanted and more than I expected." books are to he tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend ; " Abeunt studia in mores;" i nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought...

...confer little, he had need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much canning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. As a theologian, Bacon possessed an intimate acquaintance with the Bible, and was a believer in the...

...is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rule, is the humour of a scholar ; they perfect nature,...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. 4 Advantage of having the Counsel of a Friend. There is as much difference between the counsel that...

...use them ; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, and won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute;...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.— Essays. John Milton, born 1608, died 1674. him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true...

...others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man ; and, therefore,...moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend ; " Abeunt studia in mores ;" nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out...

...few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. .... Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Abeunt studia in mores.f . . . The Fifty-first, "Of Faction," begins and ends as follows : — Many...

...some few to he read wholly, and with diligence and attention Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore...Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, suhtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, ahle to contend. Aheunt studia...