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.
因此,写得少的人需要很强的记忆力,讨论少的人需要敏捷的才思;读得少的人若要装作懂得自己不懂的事,就得有许多伎俩。
— Francis Bacon · Essays · Of Studies —