 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,...  The British Prose Writers - Pàgina 1651821Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pàgines
...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 - 1847 - 712 pàgines
...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 - 1847 - 712 pàgines
...meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading 47 ho confer little, he had need have a present wit ; anil if he read little, he had need have much cunning,... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 pàgines
...— 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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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... | |
 | 1848 - 398 pàgines
...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 a little, he had need have a great memory ; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit : and... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 372 pàgines
...waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact irian ; and, therefore, if a man write little, he had need...the mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend ; " Abeunt studia in mores ;" nay, there is> no... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pàgines
...waters, flashy things. Heading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact mnn ; a voice cry, Sleep no SIR WALTER RALEIGH. In the brilliant constellation of great men which adorned the reigns of Elizabeth... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pàgines
...waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full , man; conference a ready man; and writing an ex- , net man. And therefore if a man write little, he had need...the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : " Abeunt studia in mores." Nay, there is no stond... | |
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