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, Critical and Miscellaneous - Página 286de Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 páginas
...distilled books arc, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading makcth s 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 il he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know... | |
| Great Britain. Committee on Education - 1864 - 200 páginas
...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... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 páginas
...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... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
| John Tulloch - 1866 - 308 páginas
...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... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 páginas
...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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
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