Francis Bacon: To spend too much time in studies is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgment wholly

To spend too much time in studies is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, — Francis Bacon

To spend too much time in studies is sloth ; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar .

Francis Bacon

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