 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 286por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 246 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... | |
 | 1855 - 602 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 canning to seem to know... | |
 | 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
...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 a full man ; conference...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 - 778 páginas
...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... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1846 - 330 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... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 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... | |
 | rev. David Williams (M.A.) - 1850 - 162 páginas
...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 a full man, conference...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... | |
 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - 1850 - 132 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | 1851 - 278 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... | |
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