 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
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 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 - Indians - 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 - Readers - 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,...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. 4 Advantage of having the Counsel of a Friend. There is as much difference between the counsel that... | |
 | 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;...little, he had need have much cunning to seem to know what he doth not. Histories make men wise; Poets, witty; the Mathematics, subtle; Natural Philosophy,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...be swallowed, and some few to bt chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference a irmly - - . have a present wit ; and if he read little, have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...distilled waters, flashy things, ¡leading makcth a full man, conference a ready man, and writing аи year ! Thee Phœbus loves, and does inspire ; Phœbus...things upon earth, Life is no longer than thy mirth. kuow that he doth not. SIR WALTER RALEIGH. In the brilliant constellation of firent men which adorned... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading makcth a full man, conference a "I ݃! ho confer little, he had need have a present wit ; anil if he read little, he had need have much cunning,... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...— flashy' things1. Reading' maketh a fuir man ; conference1 a ready' man ; and writing' an exact1 man. And, therefore, if a man write' little, he had need have present' wit1 ; if he confer1 little, he had need have a good1 memory'; and if he read' little, he... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 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 write little, he had need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not... | |
 | 1848 - 936 pages
...young hearts with its intellectual beauty. " YOBICK." SHIilLEY. " IP a man read little," said .Bacon, " he had need have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not." It would seem that Bacon must have been placed in circumstances not uncommon at the present day, when... | |
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