 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,...  Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays - Página 486por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1838 - 598 páginas
...extremely judicious. ' Reading maketh a full man, speaking maketh a ready man, writing maketh an exact man. Therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he speak little, he had need have a ready wit; and if he read little, he had need have a great deal of... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 páginas
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading makelh 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... | |
 | M. A. Stodart - 1839 - 196 páginas
...extremely judicious. ' Reading maketh a full man, speaking maketh a ready man, writing maketh an exact man. Therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he speak little, he had need have a ready wit; and if he read little, he had need have a great deal of... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 páginas
...distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a. full mars ; conference a ready man ; and writing ал exact man ; and, therefore if a man write little,...need have a great memory • if he confer little, he hadneed have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1843 - 720 páginas
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading makcth 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... | |
 | 1847 - 254 páginas
...mean Lord Bacon. " In his essay on " Studies," he says : " Reading maketh a full man, conference, a ready man, and writing, an exact man; and therefore, if a man write linle, he had need have a great memory." But we insist, that however tenacious the memory be, still,... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1844 - 330 páginas
...are like common' distilled* waters' — flashy' things \ Reading' maketh a fuir man ; conference* a ready' man ; and writing' an exact' man. And, therefore, if a man write' little, he had need have present' wit' ; if he confer' little, he had need have a good' memory'; and if he read' little, he... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 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... | |
 | London univ - 1846 - 326 páginas
...and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Reading maketh...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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 páginas
...some few to be retd 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... | |
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