 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 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,...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,... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. IBID. READING raaketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man ; and therefore,...write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he confer little, he had need have a pleasant wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 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,...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,... | |
 | 1818 - 506 pages
...contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man : and therefore, if a man write little, he bad need have a great memory ; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit ; and if he read... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 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,...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 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,...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... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...and the meaner sort of books ; else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flrishy things. Reading makes a full man ; conference a ready 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 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...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,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 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,...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,... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Heading makcth a full man ; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man; and, therefore,...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,... | |
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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 to... 
