 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...  Essays moral, economical and political - Page 165by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 196 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American literature - 1855 - 602 pages
...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 canning to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets, witty ; the mathematics,... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...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 know that he doth not. 4 Advantage of having the Counsel of a Friend. There is as much difference between the counsel that... | |
 | United States - 1845 - 564 pages
...are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time. Histories make men wise, poets witty ; the mathematics,...moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend; "Abamt ttudiainmoret." Lord Bacon. NEW YORK : WILLIAM GOWANS. 00 COPIES PRINTED ON LARGE PAPER 4TO.... | |
 | Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - English literature - 1845 - 396 pages
...OPPOSITE TO THE FAVORITE PURSUIT. Histories make men wise : poetry, witty ; the mathematics, subtle ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral, grave ; logic and...contend. " Abeunt studia in mores." Nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies. Like as diseases of the body... | |
 | Pondicherry - 1845 - 226 pages
...sense of misery far away. CHAPTEK III. LITERACY. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematic subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Lord Bacon. PERHAPS the chief object of interest in Pondicherry to the stranger, (provided he is one... | |
 | London univ - 1846 - 326 pages
...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...stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies : like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. TUESDAY, October... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 730 pages
...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...rhetoric, able to contend. Abeunt studia in mores. ,(, . . . The Fifty-first, "Of Faction," begins and ends as follows : — Many have an opinion, not... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 778 pages
...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...logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Abeunt studia in mores.f . . . The Fifty-first, "Of Faction," begins and ends as follows : — Many have an opinion,... | |
 | Richard Hiley - English language - 1846 - 330 pages
...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...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.— Essays. John Milton, born 1608, died 1674. him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...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...Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, suhtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, ahle to contend. Aheunt studia... | |
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