 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,...  Philosophical works - Page 301by Francis Bacon - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1859 - 176 pages
...observation. Head not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books...Histories make men wise ; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Abeunt studio in... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...confer little, he had 1 This Essay, first printed in 1597, was enlarged in 1612, and again in 1625. need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he...doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematicks subtle ; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Studies... | |
 | Advanced reading book - Readers - 1860 - 458 pages
...and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and in the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are...Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics subtle ; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Studies exercise... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 778 pages
...by others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of hooks ; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters,...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. TIIE END OF KNOWLEDGE. It is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pages
...waters, flashy things.8 Reading maketh a full man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man.4 And therefore, if a man write little, he had need...mathematics subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave;6 logic and rhetoric able to contend.6 Abeunt a/ n</i,, in mores. [The studies pass into the... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - Literature - 1860 - 538 pages
...some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Reading makcth a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and therefore,...have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. — LORD BACON. Elteratl. ATTAINMENTS OF LINGUISTS. TAKING the very highest estimate which has been... | |
 | Robert Demaus - English literature - 1860 - 580 pages
...confer little, he had 1 This Essay, first printed in 1597, was enlarged in 1612, and again in 1626. need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he...doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematicks subtle ; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Studies... | |
 | John Connery - Elocution - 1861 - 416 pages
...attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that should be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner...have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. BACON. THE PERFECT ORATOR. Imagine to yourselves a Demosthenes, addressing the most illustrious assembly... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. THE END OF KNOWLEDGE. It is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1863 - 898 pages
...wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts mado of them by others ; but that would* be only in the...Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtle ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : ' Abeunt studia... | |
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