252 ADVANCEMENT OP LEARNING, [COOK VL 



When thii.gs hang wavering, Dispatch is Pluto s helmet, 



mark them, and work when they Things undertaken speedily ar 



incline. easily performed. 



Commit the beginning of actions 

 to Argus, with his hundred eyes, 

 the end to Briareus, with his hun 

 dred hands. 



For. DISSIMULATION. Against. 



Dissimulation is a short wisdom. If we cannot think iustly, at 



We are not all to say, though least let us speak as we think, 



we all intend, the same thing. In shallow politicians, dissimu- 



Nakedness, even in the mind, is lation goes for wisdom, 



uncomely. The dissembler loses a princip:J 



Dissimulation is both a grace instrument of action, belief, 



and a guard. Dissimulation invites dissimuU*- 



Dissimulation is the bulwark ot tion. 



counsels. The dissembler is a slave. 



Some fall a prey to fair dealing. 



The open dealer deceives as well 

 as the dissembler ; lor many either 

 do not understand him or not be 

 lieve him. 



Open dealing is a weakness of 

 mind. 



tor. EMPIRE. Against. 



To enjoy happiness is a great It is a miserable state to havo 



blessing, but to conler it a greater. few things to desire and many to 



Kings are more like stars than fear. 



men, for they have a powerlul in- Princes, like the celestial bodies 



fluence. have much veneration but no rest 



To resist God s vicegerents is to Mortals are admitted to Jupi 



war against heaven. ter s table only lor sport. 



For. ENVY. Against. 



It is natural to hate those who Envy has no holidays, 



reproach us. Death alone reconciles envy tc 



Envy in a state is like a whole- virtue. 



iome severity. Envy puts virtue to the trial, at 



Juno did Hercules. 



EVIDENCE AGAINST ABGTIMENT8. 



For. Against. 



To rely upon arguments is the If evidence were to prevail 



part of a pleader, not a judge. against arguments, a judge would 



He who is swayed more by ar- need no sense but his hearing, 



guments than testimony, trusts Arguments are an antidota 



more to wit than sense. against the poison of testimonies. 



Arguments might be trusted, if Those proofs are safest believed 



men committed no absurdities which seldomest deceive, i 



