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ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING 



For 



Constancy is the 

 virtue. 



He is miserable who has no notion 

 of what he shall be. 



If human judgment cannot be con 

 stant to things, let it at least be true 

 to itself. 



Even vice is set off by constancy. 



Inconstancy of fortune with incon 

 stancy of mind makes a dark scene. 



Fortune, like Proteus, is brought to 

 herself by persisting. 



For CRUELTY 



CONSTANCY Against 



foundation of Constancy, like a churlish porteress, 

 turns away many useful informations. 

 It is just that constancy should en 

 dure crosses, for it commonly brings 

 them. 



The shortest folly is the best 



Againei 



No virtue is so often delinquent as 

 clemency. 



Cruelty proceeding from revenge is 

 justice; if from danger, prudence. 



He who shows mercy to his enemy 

 denies it to himself. 



Phlebotomy is as necessary in the 

 body politic as in the body natural. 



He who delights in blood is either 

 a wild beast or a fury. 



To a good man, cruelty Besms a mere 

 tragical fiction. 



For 



Fortune sells many things to the 

 hasty which she gives to the slow. 



Hurrying to catch the beginnings 

 of things is grasping at shadows. 



&quot;When things hang wavering, mark 

 them, and work when they incline. 



Commit the beginning of actions to 

 Argus, with his hundred eyes, the end 

 to Briareus, with his hundred hands. 



DELAY Against 



Opportunity offers the handle of the 

 bottle first, then the belly. 



Opportunity, like the Sibyl, dimin 

 ishes the commodity blit enhances the 

 price. 



Despatch is Pluto s helmet. 



Things undertaken speedily are 

 easily performed. 



For 



DISSIMULATION 



Against 



Dissimulation is a short wisdom. 



&quot;We are not all to say, though we 

 all intend, the same thing. 



Nakedness, even in the mind, is 

 uncomely. 



Dissimulation is both a grace and 

 a guard. 



Dissimulation is the bulwark of 

 counsels. 



If we cannot think justly, at least 

 let us speak as we think. 



In shallow politicians, dissimulation 

 goes for wisdom. 



The dissembler loses a principal in 

 strument of action, belief. 



Dissimulation invites dissimulation. 



The dissembler is a slave. 



