 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,...  Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome - Pagina 422door Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 923 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Great Britain. Committee on Education - 1864 - 200 pagina’s
...some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. 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, he had need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning to seem to know... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pagina’s
...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,...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, to seem to know... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 pagina’s
...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,...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, to seem to know... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 pagina’s
...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,...had need have a great memory ; if he confer little, he need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know... | |
 | John Tulloch - 1866 - 308 pagina’s
...distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Eeading 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, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning to seem to have... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pagina’s
...such attempt must be. distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh [8] a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and therefore,...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, to seem to know... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pagina’s
...spiritless) things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference (conversation, intercourse wi h others) a ready man ; and writing an exact man. And therefore,...had need have a great memory ; if he confer little (has little intercourse wi h others), he had need have a present wit (ie to supply his defect of experience);... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pagina’s
...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,...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 1 Privateness. Privacy. See... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 458 pagina’s
...distilled Bookes, are like Common distilled Waters, Flashy Things. Reading makcth 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 Conferre little, he had need have a Present Wit ; And if he Reade litle, he had need have much Cunning,... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pagina’s
...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,...had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present6 wit ; and if he reads little, he had need have much cunning,? to seem to... | |
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