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" 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 need have much cunning,... "
Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Page 78
by George Lillie Craik - 1846
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Introduction to Early Modern English

Manfred Görlach - 1991 - 492 pages
...Bookes, are like Common distilled Waters, Flashy things. Reading 55 maketh a Full Man; Conference a Ready Man; And Writing an Exact Man. And therefore, If a Man Write little, he had need haue a Great memory; if he Conferre little, he had need haue a Present Wit; And if he Reade litle,...
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Writers on Writing: An Anthology

Robert Neale - 1992 - 280 pages
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How to Communicate in Business: A Handbook for Engineers

David J. Silk - 1995 - 182 pages
...you mean business. Chapter 2 Communication and management 'Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore,...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not' from 'Of Studies' by Francis Bacon (1561-1626) 2.1 Introduction This chapter provides the foundation...
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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon - 1996 - 872 pages
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Forbes Book of Business Quotations: 14,266 Thoughts on the Business of Life

Ted Goodman - 1997 - 1008 pages
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Chambers Dictionary of Quotations

Alison Jones, Stephanie Pickering, Megan Thomson - 1996 - 1544 pages
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The Damnation of Harold Frederic: His Lives and Works

Bridget Bennett - 1997 - 350 pages
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American Rosae Crucis, 1917: A Magazine of Lifes Mysteries

H. Spencer Lewis - 1998 - 300 pages
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Francis Bacon - 1999 - 276 pages
...books* are like common distilled waters,* flashy9 things. Reading maketh a full man; conference10 a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore,...memory; if he confer" little, he had need have a present wit;12 and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories...
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Words on Words: Quotations about Language and Languages

David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - 2000 - 604 pages
...attention. Francis Bacon, 1597/1625, 'Of Studies', in Essays 20:4 Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore,...if he confer little, he had need have a present wit [ready mind]; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not....
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