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ADVANCEMENT OF LEARN /NO. [BOOK VI. 



For. 



LAW. 



It is not expounding, b*at divin 

 ing, to recede from the letter of 

 the law. 



To leave the letter of the law 

 makes the judge a legislator. 



For. LEARNING. 



To write books upon minute 

 particulars were to render expe 

 rience almost useless. 



Reading is conversing with the 

 wise, but acting is generally con 

 versing with fools. 



Sciences of little significance in 

 themselves may sharpen the wit 

 and marshal the thoughts. 



Against. 



Generals are to be construed so 

 as to explain particulars. 



The worst tyranny is law upon 

 the rack. 



A gainst. 



Men in universities are taught 

 to believe. 



What art ever taught the sea 

 sonable use of art ? 



To be wise by precept and wis&amp;lt;5 

 by experience are contrary habits, 

 the one sorts not with the other. 



A vain use is made of art, les: 

 it should otherwise be unemployed. 



It is the way of scholars to show 

 all they know and oppose farther 

 information. 



For. LIFE. 



It is absurd to love the acci 

 dents of lile above life itself. 



A long course is better than a 

 short one, even for virtue. 



Without a compass of life, we 

 can neither learn, nor repent, nor 

 perfect. 



Against. 



The philosophers, by their 

 great preparation for death, 

 have only rendered death more 

 terrible. 



Men fear death through igno 

 rance, as children fear the dark. 



There is no passion so weak but, 

 if a little urged, will conquer the 

 fear of death. 



A man would wish to die, even 

 through weariness of doing the 

 same things over and over again. 



For. LOQUACITY. Against. 



Silence argues a man to suspect To speak little gives grace and 



authority to what is delivered. 



Silence is like sleep, it refreshes 

 wisdom. 



Silence is the fermentation of 

 the thoughts. 



Silence is the style of wisdom 

 and the candidate for truth. 



either himself or other.-?. 



All restraints are irksome, but 

 especially that of the tongue. 



Silence is the virtue of fools. 



Silence, like the night, is fit for 

 treacheries. 



Thoughts, like waters, are best 

 in a running stream. 



Silence is a kind of solitude. 



He who is silent exposes himself 

 to censure. 



For. LOVE. Against. 



Every man seeks, but the lovrr The stage is more beholden to 



only finds, himself. love than civil lijf, 



