 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,...  Aphorisms, maxims, &c., for learners, selected and arranged by R. Potts - Page 153by Robert Potts - 1875 - 192 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 pages
...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...a present wit : and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 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,...a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. XVI WESTMINSTER ARREY. WHEN I am in a serious humour,... | |
 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - English language - 1850 - 130 pages
...like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, 30 and writing an exact man: and therefore, if a man...a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. 35 EXERCISE VIII. Influence of Human Knowledge.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...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...a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not./ Histories make men wise ; poets, witty; the mathematics,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1850 - 338 pages
...others 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...*man;^ancl wntînglm'exaet тагГПапЗ,"ТНегеТо7е7 iTa"man"write Httle,1fe~TíaT~ñeed ter branch, touching impression, hath not been collected...into art, but hath been handled dispersedly ; and it have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.\ (Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...things. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and, there7ore, what we ev'ry one can swear Our eyes themselves have seen appear, That, when we hail need have a iresent wit ; and if he read little, he had need have mich cunning, to seem to know... | |
 | rev. David Williams (M.A.) - 1850 - 162 pages
...others 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, if a man write little, he hath need have a great memory ; if he confer little, have a present wit; and if he read little, have... | |
 | Charles Bridges - Pastoral theology - 1850 - 501 pages
...may be read by deputy and extracts of them made by others. Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man: and writing an exact man : and therefore if a man write little, tye had need have a good memory; if he confer little, he had need of much cunning, to appear to know... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 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,...a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. BACON. CHAPTER X. ON SATIRICAL WIT. TRUST me,... | |
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