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 humor of a scholar.
读书耗时过多便成懒散,过于用来装点谈吐便是矫饰,完全依照书中规则作判断则是书生习气。
— Francis Bacon · Essays · Of Studies —
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 humor of a scholar.
读书耗时过多便成懒散,过于用来装点谈吐便是矫饰,完全依照书中规则作判断则是书生习气。