Francis Bacon (artist) quote: Reading maketh a full man; and writing an axact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he need have ...

Reading maketh a full man; and writing an axact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he need have a present wit; and if he read little, he need have much cunning to seem to know which he doth not.

~ Francis Bacon (artist) ~

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