 Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning,...  Bacon: His Writings and His Philosophy - Page 80by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 512 pages
...others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore...had need have a great memory ; if he confer little, have a present wit ; and if he read little, have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 520 pages
...others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore...had need have a great memory ; if he confer little, have a present wit ; and if he read little, have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories... | |
 | 1855 - 602 pages
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man ; and, therefore,...need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much canning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets, witty... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a goodness infinite, both when wo wake, And when we...[Expulsion from Paradise.'] [From the same.] He en hod need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 pages
...to be swallowed, — and some few to be chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And, therefore,...had need have a great memory ; If he confer little, have a present wit ; and if he read little, have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 pages
...chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. Arid, therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory ; "if he confer little, have a present wit ; and if he read little, have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man; and, therefore,...need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. 4 Advantage of having the Counsel of... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1846 - 330 pages
...distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore,...need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets, witty;... | |
 | London univ - 1846 - 326 pages
...others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man ; and, therefore,...need have a present wit : and if he read little, he had need have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets, witty;... | |
 | 1846 - 838 pages
...nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse ; but to weigh and consider. " If a man write little, he had need have a great memory;...need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning to seem to know what he doth not. Histories make men wise; Poets, witty;... | |
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