 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 78by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | S. P. Koppikar - 2003 - 178 pages
...of flashy <insipid) things. "Reading maketh a full man; conference (conversation and discussion) a ready man; and writing an exact man." And therefore,...have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need has a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth... | |
 | 2003 - 248 pages
...distilled books are , like common distilled waters , flashy things. Reading makes a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man. And therefore,...write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he read little , he had need have much cunning , to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men... | |
 | L. Piccoli Calvi - 2003 - 300 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, if a man writes little, he had need have a present wit; and if he reads little, he had need have much cunning,... | |
 | D. Delta Evans - 2003 - 356 pages
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 | John Drinkwater - 2005 - 520 pages
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 | Robert N. Palmer - 2005 - 318 pages
...Jacob "Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore It a man write little, he had need have a great memory;...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not." - Sir Frances Bacon. Many years ago, the biblical stories of the Hebrews caught my imagination. My... | |
 | B. McClure - 2005 - 632 pages
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 | Samuel Johnson - 2006 - 708 pages
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 | Benjamin Ifor Evans - 2006 - 520 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,...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. !> ('Of Gardens') mm^mft ° • ('men fear death as children fear to go into the dark') » } ° ' -$... | |
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