 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...waters, flashy things. Beading maketh a full man: conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he had need...Histories make men wise ; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Abettnt studia in... | |
 | Henry Stevens (Jr.) - Best books - 1853 - 136 pages
...man ; conference a ready man ; and writing an exact man ; and, therefore, if a man write little, be had need have a great memory; if he confer little,...Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics suhtile; natural philosophy deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, ahle to contend; 'Ahennt studia... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1853 - 442 pages
...CONVERSATION, AND WRITING. — 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 much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. — Lord Bacon. READING FOR THE FAMILY. — Always have a book at hand, in the parlor, on the table,... | |
 | Alan L. Mackay - Science - 1991 - 312 pages
...Studies Essay 50 19 Truth comes out of error more readily than out of confusion. .VoKum Organum 1620 20 Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. ;)/ Studies Essay 50 21 The ill and unfit choice of words... | |
 | Nancy Carrick, Lawrence Finsen - Education - 1997 - 324 pages
...Parallel Phrases and Clauses Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need...Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, moral grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend. (Bacon 175) Anaphora... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. 740 Essays 'Of Studies' for not printing any list of subscribers; one, that I have lost all the names; the other, that I grave; logic and rbetoric, able to contend. 741 Essays 'Of Superstitlon' There is a superstitlon in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Literary Collections - 1999 - 276 pages
...waters,* flashy9 things. Reading maketh a full man; conference10 a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need...memory; if he confer" little, he had need have a present wit;12 and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories... | |
 | David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2000 - 604 pages
...Studies', in Essays 20:4 Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need...if he confer little, he had need have a present wit [ready mind]; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 470 pages
...Flashy Things. 30 Reading maketh a Full Man; Conference a Rea-|dy Man; And [2P3V] Writing an Exact Man. And therefore, If a Man Write little, he had need have a Great memory; If he Conferre little, he had need have a Present Wit; And if he Reade litle, he had need have much Cunning,... | |
 | Tom Tymoczko, Jim Henle - Mathematics - 2004 - 670 pages
...From Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #149, 1952. Reprinted by permission. © The Walt Disney Company Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral philosophy, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. — FRANCIS BACON We assume that you are familiar... | |
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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,... 
