 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,...  The Southern literary messenger - Página 1951838Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1846 - 838 páginas
...nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse ; but to weigh and consider. " 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 to seem to know... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 páginas
...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 that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, suhtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 páginas
...waters, flashy things, ¡leading makcth a full man, conference a ready man, and writing аи 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, to seem to kuow... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 páginas
...waters, flashy things. Reading makcth 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 ho confer little, he had need have a present wit ; anil if he read little, he had need have much cunning,... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 páginas
...waters — flashy things. 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 present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 372 páginas
...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 that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 338 páginas
...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 had need have...seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, morals grave, logic and rhetoric... | |
 | rev. David Williams (M.A.) - 1850 - 162 páginas
...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...seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise, poets [poetryJ witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, morals grave, logic and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 páginas
...waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full , man; conference a ready man; and writing an ex- , net man. found. As for the possibility, they are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when 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
...thoughts of other men. 8. Heading 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, and seem to know... | |
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