great memories

• Reading makes 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 read little , he had need have much cunning , to seem to know that he does not
  读书使人充实,交谈使人机敏,笔记使人精致.因此,如果一个人不常动笔,他则须有很强的记忆力,如果他不常交谈,则他须有天生的机智,如果他不常读书,则他须欺世有术,因为他要假装知道到他所不了解的东西