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 - 2002 - 868 páginas
...few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. U Reading maketh a full man, conference0 a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore...write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer0 little, he had need have a present wit;0 and if he read little, he had need have much cunning,... | |
| S. P. Koppikar - 2003 - 178 páginas
...of flashy <insipid) things. "Reading maketh a full man; conference (conversation and discussion) a ready man; and writing an exact man." And therefore,...had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need has a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know... | |
| 2003 - 248 páginas
...distilled books are , like common distilled waters , flashy things. Reading makes a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man. And therefore,...write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he read little , he had need have much cunning , to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men... | |
| Rong Fan - 2006 - 169 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,... | |
| Benjamin Ifor Evans - 2006 - 520 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... | |
| Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 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,... | |
| 2006 - 528 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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 2007 - 157 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,...little, he had need have a great memory ; if he confer Httle, he had neeo have a present wit: and if be read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem... | |
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