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TRANSLATION OF ORNAMENTA RATIONALIA. 



A supply (by the publisher) of certain weighty and elegant sentences, some 

 tnade, others collected, by the Lord Bacon ; and by him put under the 

 abovesaid title ; and at present not to be found. 



A Collection of Sentences out of the Mimi of Publius ; 

 Englished by the Publisher. 



1. Aleator, quanto in arte est melior, tanto est nequior. 

 A gamester, the greater master he is in his art, the worse 



ian he is. 



2. Arcum, intensio frangit ; animurn, remissio. 



Much bending breaks the bow; much unbending, the 

 mind. 



3. Bis vincit, qui se vincit in victoria. 



He conquers twice, who upon victory overcomes himself. 



4. Ciim vitia prosint, peccat, qui recte facit. 



If vices were upon the whole matter profitable, the vir 

 tuous man would be the sinner. 



; 5. Bene dormit, qui -non sentit, quod male dormiat. 

 He sleeps well, who feels not that he sleeps ill. 



6. Deliberare utilia, mora est tutissima. 



To deliberate about useful things, is the safest delay. 



7. Dolor decrescit, ubi quo crescat non habet. 



The flood of grief decreaseth, when it can swell no higher. 



8. Etiam innocentes cogit mentiri dolor. 

 Pain makes even the innocent man a liar. 



9. Etiam celeritas in desiderio, mora est. 

 Even in desire, swiftness itself is delay. 



10. Etiam capillus unus habet umbram suam. 

 The smallest hair casts a shadow. 



11. Fidem qui perdit, quo se servat in reliquum ? 



He that has lost his faith, what has he left to live on? 



12. Formosa facies muta commendatio est. 

 A beautiful face is a silent commendation, 



13. Fortuna nimium quern fovet, stultum facit. 

 Fortune makes him a fool, whom she makes her darling. 



1 4. Fortuna obesse nulli contenta est semel. 

 Fortune is not content to do a man but one ill turn. 



