 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 Publishers Weekly - Página 1601878Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Minto - 1881 - 634 páginas
...present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics...subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic aiid rhetoric able to contend." The following is from his sagacious Essay " Of Negotiating:" "It is... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 páginas
...present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics,...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend : " Abeunt studia in mores;"4 nay, there ia no stand or impediment in the wit, but maybe wrought out.... | |
 | 1882 - 1152 páginas
...Proceedings — County School Officers from 1868-1882— The Future Outlook of Pettis County. Bacon said, "Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend." Education in its most comprehensive sense, includes... | |
 | 1882 - 1434 páginas
...nst expense, Join with Economy, Magnificence, i. POPE— Moral Essays. Ep. III. Line 223. EDUCATION. Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile ; natural philosophy, deep ; morals, grave ; logic and rhetoric, »Me to contend. )• BACON — Essay. Of Studies. Education... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1883 - 304 páginas
...attentively. and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, * to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematics...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend; "Abeunt studio, in mores; " f nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1883 - 236 páginas
...a present wit; and if he read little, he need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics,...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend: " Abeuut studia iu mores;" J nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 páginas
...Essny\. Of Studiei. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. Ibid. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics,...moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Jlrid. Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books. Preposition touching Amendment of Lavt.... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1883 - 612 páginas
...present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics,...moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend; "Abeu.nl studia in mores;" nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 páginas
...nothing more frightful than for a teacher to know only what his scholars are intended to know. ( Qocthe. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtile ; natural philosophy, deep ; morals, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. (Bacon. Give a boy address and accomplishments,... | |
 | 1883 - 1000 páginas
...critically ; secondly, in company with a friend, or family; thirdly, repeatedly; fourthly, with pen in hand. Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Read, not to contradict and confute, nor to believe... | |
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