 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 374 pages
...CCLXL All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich. — Lavatcr. CCLXIL Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe...digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use; but that...digested : that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1857 - 578 pages
...they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them, for they teach not their own use ; but that...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,... | |
 | Psychiatry - 1857 - 652 pages
...they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies^ simple men admire them, and wise men use them, for they teach not their own use ; but that...wisdom without them and above them won by observation. (Essay L. of Studies.) This contempt, whether of crafty men or narrow-minded men, often finds its expression... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use; but that...Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to believe and take for granted ; nor to find talk and discourse ; but aradibus ijuibusdam ad id quod petis ascenderé,... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies ; simple men admire them ; and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use, but that...digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence... | |
 | Graduated series - 1859 - 462 pages
...use them. Read not to contradict or confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books...digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1859 - 802 pages
...wise men use them — for they teach not their own use ; that is a wisdom beyond and above them, half won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute,...discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are only to be tasted, that is, read but in parts, and not curiously; and some few to be read thoroughly... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - Classical dictionaries - 1859 - 942 pages
...be bounded in by experience. 6. Crafty men contemn studies Dimple men admire them; and wise men use them: for they teach not their own use ; but that...wisdom without them and above them, won by observation. 1. Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse;... | |
 | Robert Demaus - English literature - 1860 - 580 pages
...be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies ; simple men admire them ; and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use, but that...digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence... | |
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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 be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to... 
