He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading.
Source: Brief Lives, Thomas Hobbes, 1813; repr. in Brief Lives and Other Selected Writings by John Aubrey, ed. Anthony Powell, 1949.
-- John Aubrey, (Mar 12 1626-1697), English antiquarian, writer; He is best known for his vivid, intimate, and sometimes acid biographical sketches of his contemporaries.