 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,...  The Harvard Classics - Page 1251909Full view - About this book
 | Time - 1835 - 274 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...Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtle ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Abeunt studia... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...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, he had...doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematicks subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral, grave ; logick and rhetorick, able to contend... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1836 - 328 pages
...matter of studies in so clear a light, that it cannot fail to be interesting in the present connexion. " Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics,...grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. ' Abeunt studia in mores ' ; studies turn into habits ; nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1836 - 332 pages
...matter of studies in so clear a h-nt. that it cannot fail to be interesting in tIn- present connexion. " Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics,...grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. ' Abeunt studia in mores ' ; studies turn into habits ; nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but... | |
 | 1837 - 608 pages
...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 make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, morals grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend.' It will hardly... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 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...logic and rhetoric, able to contend : •" Abeunt studia in mores." Nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 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 what he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtle ; natural philosophy,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 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...grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend ; " Abeunt studia in mores;" i nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 520 pages
...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 make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, morals grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend." It will hardly... | |
 | 1855 - 602 pages
...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...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. As a theologian, Bacon possessed an intimate acquaintance with the Bible, and was a believer in the... | |
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