 | Time - 1835 - Страниц: 274
...teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. ^Iratl not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtle ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - Страниц: 894
...teach not their own use : but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read ing of the earth, and putting new mould about the...and influence upon the growth of sciences, but hath Histories make men wise ; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep ; moral,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - Страниц: 898
...observation. Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to believe and take for granted; norto find talk and discourse ; but to weigh and consider. Some books...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtile ; natural philosophy, deep; moral,... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - Страниц: 482
...distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading makelh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man ; and therefore...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 - Страниц: 244
...as much as I wanted and more than I expected." books are to he tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some...have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtile ; natural philosophy, deep ; moral,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Страниц: 692
...teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above tbem, won by observation. Read : Then fell he too, t' embrace it where it lay. And...siçht ; and now, Almost made stone, began to inquire hod need have a present wit ; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know... | |
 | 1855 - Страниц: 602
...digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiousry ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence...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 - 1845 - Страниц: 404
...teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and...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... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1846 - Страниц: 330
...not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, and won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and...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;... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - Страниц: 778
...few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. .... Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore...have much cunning to seem to know that he doth, not. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty ; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep ; moral,... | |
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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,... 
