 | Francis Bacon - 1838
...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...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,... | |
 | 1838
...chewed and digested. Reading makelh в /ый тип, conference a ready man, and writing an exact «e. And therefore if a man write little, he 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... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 458 sidor
...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...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,... | |
 | M. A. Stodart - 1839 - 175 sidor
...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
...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...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,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840
...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...write little, he 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843
...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...write little, he 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... | |
 | George Moody - 1844
...made available in the more advanced classes in our national schools. Bacon has justly observed, that reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and my humble experience is, that the more we are able to introduce all three into our plans in school,... | |
 | 1855
...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,...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 canning... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 315 sidor
...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,...write little, he 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... | |
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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 to... 
