Francis Bacon
Learning is for entertainment, decoration and talent growth. The main use of their happiness is solitude and seclusion; Decoration is in words; For ability, it is in judging and handling affairs. Because expert people can execute one by one, and perhaps judge the details; But general advice, as well as the planning and arrangement of things, is best from those who are knowledgeable.
It is lazy to spend too much time on study; Too much use of them as decoration is affectation; It is the humor of scholars to make judgments completely according to their rules. Reading makes up for the deficiency of nature, and experience makes up for the deficiency of reading: because natural talents are like natural plants, they need to be pruned by reading; And research itself, if not bound by experience, will indeed give too many directions. Cunning people despise learning, simple people admire learning, and smart people use learning; Because they don't teach themselves to use it; But that is a kind of wisdom without them, and above them, it is wisdom gained through observation. Reading is not for refuting and refuting; Don't believe and take it for granted; Don't look for talk and words; But to weigh and consider.
Some books can be tasted, some books can be swallowed, and a few books need to be chewed and digested; In other words, some books can only be read partially; Others read, but not curiously; A few books can be read completely, and they should be diligent and dedicated. Some books can also be read by agents and extracted from their contents; But this is only limited to unimportant arguments and unimportant books, otherwise the refined books are as flashy as ordinary distilled water.
Reading enriches people; An alert person; Write about a real man. Therefore, if a person seldom writes, he needs to have a good memory; If he seldom talks to people, he needs to be witty; If he seldom reads, he needs to be cunning to pretend to know what he doesn't know.
History makes people wise; Poet wit; Mathematics subtitle; Natural philosophy is profound; Moral grave; Logic and rhetoric can be argued. Study in more places. Not only that, if there is any obstacle to human intelligence, it can be overcome through proper study; Just like physical diseases, you can take proper exercise. Bowling is good for stones and reins; Shoot the lungs and chest; Walking gently for the stomach; Ride for the head; Wait a minute.
Therefore, if a person's wisdom is wandering, let him learn mathematics; Because in the demonstration, if his wisdom has never been called so little, he must start over. If his intelligence is not good at distinguishing or finding differences, let him study scholasticism; Because they are micro sectors. If he is not good at studying problems or proving and explaining another with one thing, let him study the lawyer's case. Therefore, every defect of the mind may have a special therapy.