 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 páginas
...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." " Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 páginas
...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." " Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes,... | |
 | Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - 1845 - 396 páginas
...other occasions. ENGAGE IN STUDIES OPPOSITE TO THE FAVORITE PURSUIT. Histories make men wise : poetry, witty ; the mathematics, subtle ; natural philosophy,...moral, grave ; 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... | |
 | Pondicherry - 1845 - 226 páginas
...misery far away. CHAPTEK III. LITERACY. Histories make men wise ; poets witty ; the mathematic subtile ; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Lord Bacon. PERHAPS the chief object of interest in Pondicherry to the stranger, (provided he is one of that unfortunate... | |
 | 1846 - 838 páginas
...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, deep ; Moral Philosophy, grave; Logic and Rhetoric, able to contend. Crafty men condemn studies ; simple men admire... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 páginas
...little, have a present wit ; and if he read little, have much cunning to seem to know that he doth not. b_ Y &u ơ 67 38 5 W tB vZp (R , k s a 4 0 O|k e Q h ! Y morals grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend." It will hardly be disputed that this is a passage... | |
 | 1848 - 398 páginas
...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...moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend; "Abeunt studia in mores. " Nay, there is no stpnd or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 páginas
...others to be read but cursorily, and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. " f Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics...moral grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend." Each sentence is an aphorism — every paragraph maximized — and the thirty new Essays, which, notwithstanding... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 338 páginas
...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 be disputed that this is a passage... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 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...deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Abettnt studia in mores; nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by... | |
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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... 
