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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,... "
Bacon's Essays - Page 73
by Francis Bacon - 1881
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The Christian lady's magazine, ed. by Charlotte Elizabeth, Volume 9

Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 606 pages
...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...
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Time and temper: a manual of selections from holy Scripture and extr. from ...

Time - 1835 - 274 pages
...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,...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtle ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral,...
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Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume 2

1835 - 430 pages
...; and writing an exact man ; and, thereforp, if a man write little, he need have great memory : il ing ҡ cunniug, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets witty ; the malhematicks...
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The Family Magazine, Or, General Abstract of Useful Knowledge, Volume 2

1835 - 430 pages
...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, if a man write little, he need have great memory : if he conter little, he had need have a present wit : and if he read little,...
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A Course of Legal Study: Addressed to Students and the Profession ..., Volume 1

David Hoffman - Law - 1836 - 468 pages
...in his terse manner, observes that 'reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and tenting an exact man; and, therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory.'* There can be no doubt that many have written able and learned essays, and even books, not because they...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 65

1837 - 608 pages
...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...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 doth not. Histories...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...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...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtile ; natural philosophy, deep; moral,...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 4

1838 - 822 pages
...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 doth not. Histories...
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Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 4

1838 - 870 pages
...Reading maketh a fall man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact mm. And therefore if a mnn 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 doth not. Histories...
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The Young Lady's Reader

Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...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...little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know what he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtle ; natural philosophy,...
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