Part I. Art and Project. William Penn. 1909-14. Fruits of Solitude. The Harvard Classics

William Penn. (1644–1718). Fruits of Solitude.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

Part I

Art and Project


227. Art, is Good, where it is beneficial. Socrates wisely bounded his Knowledge and Instruction by Practice.	1
228. Have a care therefore of Projects: And yet despise nothing rashly, or in the Lump.	2
229. Ingenuity, as well as Religion, sometimes suffers between two Thieves; Pretenders and Despisers.	3
230. Though injudicious and dishonest Projectors often discredit Art, yet the most useful and extraordinary Inventions have not, at first, escap’d the Scorn of Ignorance; as their Authors, rarely, have cracking of their Heads, or breaking their backs.	4
231. Undertake no Experiment, in Speculation, that appears not true in Art; nor then, at thine own Cost, if costly or hazardous in making.	5
232. As many Hands make light Work, so several Purses make cheap Experiments.	6