 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Collections - 2006 - 512 pages
...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,...moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. "Studies go to form character;" nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought... | |
 | Nissim Rejwan - Biography & Autobiography - 2009 - 262 pages
...man; and writing an exact man . . . Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and...rhetoric, able to contend: 'Abeunt studia in mores' " — and such general pedagogical gems. In what way this can qualify a pupil to know what the Viscount... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Literary Collections - 2007 - 157 pages
...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...grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Abeunt studio, in mores [Studies pass into and influence manners]. Nay, there is no stond or impediment in... | |
 | Rhodri Lewis - History - 2007 - 24 pages
...enjoyed by Adam in Eden. 57 Elsewhere, Bacon's essay 'Of Studies' proposes that 'there is no Stond or Impediment in the Wit, but may be wrought out by Fit Studies .^ In sum, the wit and mind of man had not lost its ability to mirror the external world, but the idols... | |
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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 seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise, poets witty, the... 
